Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Oct 25, 2023
Realization of interactive human-machine interfaces (iHMI) is improved with development of soft tissue-like strain sensors beyond hard robotic exosuits, potentially allowing cognitive behavior therapy and physical rehabilitation for patients with bra...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Aug 22, 2023
In biological species, optogenetics and bioimaging work together to regulate the function of neurons. Similarly, the light-controlled artificial synaptic system not only enhances computational speed but also simulates complex synaptic functions. Howe...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Jun 29, 2023
Memristive technologies promise to have a large impact on modern electronics, particularly in the areas of reconfigurable computing and artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. Meanwhile, the evolution of memristive materials alongside the technologica...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
May 28, 2023
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are widely exploited for actuating soft machines and granting soft robots with capability to operate in both underwater and on-land environments is important to make them adapt to more complex situations. Here, a...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
May 14, 2023
Helical plants have the ability of tropisms to respond to natural stimuli, and biomimicry of such helical shapes into artificial muscles has been vastly popular. However, the shape-mimicked actuators only respond to artificially provided stimulus, th...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 31, 2023
Elastomers have many industrial, medical and commercial applications, however, their huge demand raises an important question of how to dispose of the out-of-service elastomers. Ideal elastomers that are concurrently tough, recyclable, and degradable...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 31, 2023
Humans use periodically ridged fingertips to precisely perceive the characteristics of objects via ion-based fast- and slow-adaptive mechanotransduction. However, designing artificial ionic skins with fingertip-like tactile capabilities remains chall...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 20, 2023
Inspired by natural biological systems, soft robots have recently been developed, showing tremendous potential in real-world applications because of their intrinsic softness and deformability. The confluence of electronic skins and machine learning i...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 12, 2023
Medical soft robotics constitutes a rapidly developing field in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, with a promising future for millions of patients suffering from heart failure worldwide. Herein, the present state and future direction of artif...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Mar 9, 2023
Artificial neuronal devices are critical building blocks of neuromorphic computing systems and currently the subject of intense research motivated by application needs from new computing technology and more realistic brain emulation. Researchers have...