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Science robotics
Aug 24, 2022
Microrobots have been developed for applications in the submillimeter domain such as the manipulation of micro-objects and microsurgery. Rapid progress has been achieved in developing miniaturized components for microrobotic systems, resulting in a v...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Jun 24, 2022
Mechanical metamaterials recruit unique mechanical behavior that is unavailable in bulk materials from a periodic unit cell structure with a specific geometry. However, such metamaterials can typically not be reconfigured once manufactured. Herein, t...
Science robotics
Jun 8, 2022
Human skin perceives physical stimuli applied to the body and mitigates the risk of physical interaction through its soft and resilient mechanical properties. Social robots would benefit from whole-body robotic skin (or tactile sensors) resembling hu...
Materials horizons
May 10, 2022
Small-scale soft grippers are adaptive and deformable, and can be utilized for confined environments (, the human body). Small-scale soft grippers require logic-based computation to achieve intelligent control and perform logical analysis of the surr...
Scientific reports
Apr 22, 2022
Shape morphing behavior has applications in many fields such as soft robotics, actuators and sensors, solar cells, tight packaging, flexible electronics, and biomedicine. The most common approach to achieve shape morphing structures is through shape ...
Nature chemistry
Apr 21, 2022
Bioelectronic devices that are tetherless and soft are promising developments in medicine, robotics and chemical computing. Here, we describe bioinspired synthetic neurons, composed entirely of soft, flexible biomaterials, capable of rapid electroche...
Accounts of chemical research
Apr 12, 2022
Nature provides abundant inspiration and elegant paradigms for the development of smart materials that can actuate, morph, and move on demand. One remarkable capacity of living organisms is to adapt their shapes or positions in response to stimuli. P...
Nanoscale
Mar 31, 2022
Fibrous networks play an essential role in the structure and properties of a variety of biological and engineered materials, such as cytoskeletons, protein filament-based hydrogels, and entangled or crosslinked polymer chains. Therefore, insight into...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Mar 22, 2022
Biomimetic skins featuring customizable functions and human tissue-compatible mechanical properties have garnered tremendous interest for potential applications in human-machine interfaces, flexible wearable devices, and soft robotics. However, most ...
ACS applied materials & interfaces
Mar 4, 2022
Soft-bodied aquatic invertebrates can overcome hydrodynamic resistance and display diverse locomotion modes in response to environmental cues. Exploring the dynamics of locomotion from bioinspired aquatic actuators will broaden the perspective of und...