Actuation of untethered pneumatic artificial muscles and soft robots using magnetically induced liquid-to-gas phase transitions

Slit Tubes for Semisoft Pneumatic Actuators

(2018) Lee Belding et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators with muscle-like performance

(2018) E. Acome et al.   SCIENCE

Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials

(2018) Yoonho Kim et al.   NATURE

Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles

(2017) Shuguang Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soft material for soft actuators

(2017) Aslan Miriyev et al.   Nature Communications

Remotely Triggered Locomotion of Hydrogel Mag-bots in Confined Spaces

(2017) Tong Shen et al.   Scientific Reports

Soft Pneumatic Actuator Fascicles for High Force and Reliability

(2017) Matthew A. Robertson et al.   Soft Robotics

An Electrolyte-Free Conducting Polymer Actuator that Displays Electrothermal Bending and Flapping Wing Motions under a Magnetic Field

(2016) Kyungchan Uh et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Multidirectional Artificial Muscles from Nylon

(2016) Seyed M. Mirvakili et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thermally activated paraffin-filled McKibben muscles

(2016) Danial Sangian et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

A large-deformation phase transition electrothermal actuator based on carbon nanotube–elastomer composites

(2016) Zhiwei Zhou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle

(2016) Dian Yang et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

A multiple-shape memory polymer-metal composite actuator capable of programmable control, creating complex 3D motion of bending, twisting, and oscillation

(2016) Qi Shen et al.   Scientific Reports

A 3D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion

(2015) N. W. Bartlett et al.   SCIENCE

A thermal bubble micro-actuator with induction heating

(2015) Bendong Liu et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Artificial Muscles from Fishing Line and Sewing Thread

(2014) C. S. Haines et al.   SCIENCE

Synthesis and characterization of Fe3O4 nanoparticles coated with fucan polysaccharides

(2013) V.A.J. Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS

Rubber muscle actuation with pressurized CO2from enzyme-catalyzed urea hydrolysis

(2013) Thomas M Sutter et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Fabrication and control of miniature McKibben actuators

(2011) M. De Volder et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

A pH-activated artificial muscle using the McKibben-type braided structure

(2008) B. Tondu et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL