4.5 Article

Perspective for soft robotics: the field's past and future

Related references

Note: Only part of the references are listed.
Article Robotics

A Bioinspired Fluid-Filled Soft Linear Actuator

Silvia Filogna et al.

Summary: This study proposes a soft linear fluidic actuator based on the working principle of a marine worm, which has attracted attention in bioinspired soft robotics. By combining an inflated soft pneumatic chamber with a stretchable hydraulic chamber, a novel fluidic transmission mechanism is achieved, enabling the actuator to have stretchability and output forces. This bioinspired actuator expands the design of fluidic actuators and has the potential for applications in the medical field.

SOFT ROBOTICS (2023)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Injection Molding of Soft Robots

Michael A. Bell et al.

Summary: This article introduces a low-cost injection molding system and process, utilizing stereolithography and polyjet 3D printers for rapid iteration on soft robot designs. The mold design process and efficacy of static mixing nozzles are described in detail, along with the presentation of several applications that can only be achieved through injection molding.

ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES (2022)

Review Chemistry, Analytical

Review of Recent Bio-Inspired Design and Manufacturing of Whisker Tactile Sensors

Mohamad-Ammar Sayegh et al.

Summary: This paper introduces a class of tactile sensors known as Whisker sensors and discusses their designs, materials, and manufacturing techniques. The article provides detailed information about the technical specifications and performance of these sensors, as well as their potential in various applications. Additionally, it explores the micro and nanoscale fabrication of Whiskers and their contributions to mechanical and thermal behavior. Lastly, the paper highlights research gaps in the field and potential applications of these sensors.

SENSORS (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Bioinspired Artificial Gustatory Neuron for a Neuromorphic Based Electronic Tongue

Joon-Kyu Han et al.

Summary: The study demonstrates a novel biomimicked neuromorphic sensor for an electronic tongue, which can simultaneously detect ion concentrations and encode spike signals to mimic biological neurons in a neural network. pH-sensitive and sodium-sensitive artificial gustatory neurons are implemented using different sensing materials, and a sensitivity control inspired by biological sensory neurons is demonstrated.

NANO LETTERS (2022)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Programmable soft valves for digital and analog control

Colter J. Decker et al.

Summary: This article introduces a method of analog and digital control of soft robots using soft materials. By leveraging membrane inversion and tube kinking, modular soft components are developed to create valves capable of analog pressure regulation, simplified digital logic, controlled oscillation, and interfacing with human users in both digital and analog formats.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2022)

Review Physics, Applied

A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics

Gianmarco Mengaldo et al.

Summary: This article provides a concise guide to modeling approaches and computational strategies for the design of embodied intelligent robots. It emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary work, especially in fully coupled robot-environment interaction modeling.

NATURE REVIEWS PHYSICS (2022)

Article Automation & Control Systems

An Autonomous Chemically Fueled Artificial Protein Muscle

Matthias C. Huber et al.

Summary: Complex multimaterial networks in the human body enable dynamic autonomous movements, which has sparked great interest in bioinspired mimicry of muscular systems in soft robotics and biomedicine. This article introduces an artificial protein muscle that exhibits rhythmic autonomous movements through chemically fueled pH oscillation reactions driven by nonequilibrium states.

ADVANCED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (2022)

Review Chemistry, Analytical

Built-In Self-Test (BIST) Methods for MEMS: A Review

Gergely Hantos et al.

Summary: A novel taxonomy of built-in self-test (BIST) methods for testing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) is presented in this study. With MEMS testing accounting for 50% of total costs, cost-effective and non-intrusive BIST solutions are actively sought after. A classification table benchmarks different testing methods based on ease of implementation, usefulness, test duration, and power consumption, providing insights into their domain of application.

MICROMACHINES (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench

Guorui Li et al.

Summary: The deep sea, with its high pressure, remains a challenge to explore, but certain deep-sea creatures are able to thrive at extreme depths. By integrating electronics in a silicone matrix, we developed an untethered soft robot for deep-sea exploration, showcasing the potential of designing soft, lightweight devices for extreme conditions.

NATURE (2021)

Article Robotics

Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots

Dylan Drotman et al.

Summary: This study presents a method for controlling soft-legged robots using simple pneumatic circuits without electronic components, successfully achieving walking gaits and directional control for a soft-legged quadruped, as well as omnidirectional locomotion. The approach has significant implications for low-cost robotics and systems operating in electronics-free environments.

SCIENCE ROBOTICS (2021)

Review Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Biomimetic models of the human eye, and their applications

Simon Regal et al.

Summary: This article discusses the challenges of replicating the functionality of the human eye, the replication of individual eye components, and the improvement of eye models. It focuses on improving medical components and existing devices through biomimetic means. The holistic approach aims to facilitate idea cross-pollination between research focuses.

NANOTECHNOLOGY (2021)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Tool changing 3D printer for rapid prototyping of advanced soft robotic elements

Stefan Conrad et al.

Summary: A tool changing multi-material 3D printer was developed to produce a series of pneumatic elements with flexible and stiff parts by alternately processing filaments with varying mechanical properties. With a novel procedure for feature adaptation of flow rate and the selection of specific materials, vertically printed flexible membranes were achieved and actuation at low pressures was demonstrated.

BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS (2021)

Article Engineering, Mechanical

Physical intelligence as a new paradigm

Metin Sitti

Summary: This article discusses the importance of computational intelligence and physical intelligence in physical agents, and how to advance the physical intelligence of human-made agents in real environments. The PI paradigm aims to achieve advanced PI capabilities in human-made agent bodies, comparable to those observed in biological organisms.

EXTREME MECHANICS LETTERS (2021)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Self-Healable Hydrogel-Liquid Metal Composite Platform Enabled by a 3D Printed Stamp for a Multimodular Sensor System

Yoon Young Choi et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A biomimetic eye with a hemispherical perovskite nanowire array retina

Leilei Gu et al.

NATURE (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Dual-gradient enabled ultrafast biomimetic snapping of hydrogel materials

Wenxin Fan et al.

SCIENCE ADVANCES (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Living Materials Herald a New Era in Soft Robotics

Clement Appiah et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Voxelated soft matter via multimaterial multinozzle 3D printing

Mark A. Skylar-Scott et al.

NATURE (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Bioinspired Electronics for Artificial Sensory Systems

Yei Hwan Jung et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

An Artificial Nocturnal Flower via Humidity-Gated Photoactuation in Liquid Crystal Networks

Owies M. Wani et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2019)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

A Review of Printable Flexible and Stretchable Tactile Sensors

Kirthika Senthil Kumar et al.

RESEARCH (2019)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

A soft gripper of fast speed and low energy consumption

Wang YuZhe et al.

SCIENCE CHINA-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Bioinspired Artificial Sensory Nerve Based on Nafion Memristor

Chen Zhang et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Piezotronic Graphene Artificial Sensory Synapse

Youhui Chen et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2019)

Review Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

Evolving embodied intelligence from materials to machines

David Howard et al.

NATURE MACHINE INTELLIGENCE (2019)

Review Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Biomimetics for high-performance flexible tactile sensors and advanced artificial sensory systems

Vipin Amoli et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

3D, Reconfigurable, Multimodal Electronic Whiskers via Directed Air Assembly

Jonathan T. Reeder et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

An Artificial Sensory Neuron with Tactile Perceptual Learning

Changjin Wan et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Self-Powered Sensor Mimicking Slow- and Fast-Adapting Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors

Kyoung-Yong Chun et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Soft Somatosensitive Actuators via Embedded 3D Printing

Ryan L. Truby et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

Yeongin Kim et al.

SCIENCE (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

3D printing of robotic soft actuators with programmable bioinspired architectures

Manuel Schaffner et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2018)

Review Chemistry, Analytical

Odorant-Binding Proteins as Sensing Elements for Odour Monitoring

Paolo Pelosi et al.

SENSORS (2018)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Snap-Buckling Motivated Controllable Jumping of Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Bilayers

Guorong Gao et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2018)

Article Robotics

A skin-inspired tactile sensor for smart prosthetics

Yuanzhao Wu et al.

SCIENCE ROBOTICS (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A light-driven artificial flytrap

Owies M. Wani et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Remote tactile sensing system integrated with magnetic synapse

Sunjong Oh et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Flexible Active Skin: Large Reconfigurable Arrays of Individually Addressed Shape Memory Polymer Actuators

Nadine Besse et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES (2017)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Enzyme-Triggered Folding of Hydrogels: Toward a Mimic of the Venus Flytrap

Jasmin C. Athas et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Highly Sensitive and Patchable Pressure Sensors Mimicking Ion-Channel-Engaged Sensory Organs

Kyoung-Yong Chun et al.

ACS NANO (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Linearly and Highly Pressure-Sensitive Electronic Skin Based on a Bioinspired Hierarchical Structural Array

Geun Yeol Bae et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2016)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Mechanosensation and Adaptive Motor Control in Insects

John C. Tuthill et al.

CURRENT BIOLOGY (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

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

Michael Wehner et al.

NATURE (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Flexible Capacitive Tactile Sensor Based on Micropatterned Dielectric Layer

Tie Li et al.

SMALL (2016)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Bioinspired Electronic Whisker Arrays by Pencil-Drawn Paper for Adaptive Tactile Sensing

Qilin Hua et al.

ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (2016)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Highly Sensitive Pressure Sensor Based on Bioinspired Porous Structure for Real-Time Tactile Sensing

Subin Kang et al.

ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Continuous liquid interface production of 3D objects

John R. Tumbleston et al.

SCIENCE (2015)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A skin-inspired organic digital mechanoreceptor

Benjamin C. -K. Tee et al.

SCIENCE (2015)

Article Robotics

A Recipe for Soft Fluidic Elastomer Robots

Andrew D. Marchese et al.

SOFT ROBOTICS (2015)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Mimosa-Inspired Design of a Flexible Pressure Sensor with Touch Sensitivity

Bin Su et al.

Small (2015)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Tunable Flexible Pressure Sensors using Microstructured Elastomer Geometries for Intuitive Electronics

Benjamin C. -K. Tee et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2014)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Biomimetic photo-actuation: sensing, control and actuation in sun-tracking plants

M. P. M. Dicker et al.

BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS (2014)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Highly sensitive electronic whiskers based on patterned carbon nanotube and silver nanoparticle composite films

Kuniharu Takei et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2014)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

3D Printed Bionic Ears

Manu S. Mannoor et al.

NANO LETTERS (2013)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Temperature-memory polymer actuators

Marc Behl et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2013)

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Development of a Portable Taste Sensor with a Lipid/Polymer Membrane

Yusuke Tahara et al.

SENSORS (2013)

Review Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

Sangbae Kim et al.

TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (2013)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Flexible Nanocomposite Generator Made of BaTiO3 Nanoparticles and Graphitic Carbons

Kwi-Il Park et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2012)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Self-encapsulated hollow microstructures formed by electric field-assisted capillarity

H. Chen et al.

MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS (2012)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Nano meets beetles from wing to tiptoe: Versatile tools for smart and reversible adhesions

Changhyun Pang et al.

NANO TODAY (2012)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Structure and mechanical properties of beetle wings: a review

Jiyu Sun et al.

RSC ADVANCES (2012)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Biomimetic Chemical Sensors Using Nanoelectronic Readout of Olfactory Receptor Proteins

Brett R. Goldsmith et al.

ACS NANO (2011)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Biomimetic robotic Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) made with ionic polymer metal composites

Mohsen Shahinpoor

BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS (2011)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Multigait soft robot

Robert F. Shepherd et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2011)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Shape Memory Polymer Research

Patrick T. Mather et al.

Annual Review of Materials Research (2009)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A hemispherical electronic eye camera based on compressible silicon optoelectronics

Heung Cho Ko et al.

NATURE (2008)

Article Automation & Control Systems

The Architecture of complexity

Albert-Lashlo Barabasi

IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE (2007)

Article Engineering, Mechanical

3D printing technique applied to rapid casting

Elena Bassoli et al.

RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL (2007)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Adhesion and friction in gecko toe attachment and detachment

Yu Tian et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2006)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

How the Venus flytrap snaps

Y Forterre et al.

NATURE (2005)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Selection strategies for materials and processes

MF Ashby et al.

MATERIALS & DESIGN (2004)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

High-speed electrically actuated elastomers with strain greater than 100%

R Pelrine et al.

SCIENCE (2000)