The field of soft robotics has witnessed impressive progress in recent decades,driven by the necessity to develop robotic systems that are more adaptable,flexible,and user-friendly.Biomimetic soft robotics,inspired by...
Both Sun Wukong in eastern mythology and Transformers in western science fiction animation have profoundly inspired the design of deformable materials and modern robots.The application scope of intelligent materials,a...
Soft actuators have garnered substantial attention in current years in view of their potential appliances in diverse domains like robotics,biomedical devices,and biomimetic systems.These actuators mimic the natural mo...
supported by International Cooperation Program of the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52261135542);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LD22E050002);Zhejiang University Global Partnership Fund;grateful to the Russian Science Foundation(Grant No.23-43-00057)for financial support。
Real-time proprioception presents a significant challenge for soft robots due to their infinite degrees of freedom and intrinsic compliance.Previous studies mostly focused on specific sensors and actuators.There is st...
This work was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Japan for their support under Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas(18H05473);the JSPS,Japan KAKENHI(21J15489 and 23K13290).
Soft robotics is a breakthrough technology to support human-robot interactions.The soft structure of a soft robot can increase safety during human and robot interactions.One of the promising soft actuators for soft ro...
This work was partly supported by the Nagoya University Interdisciplinary Frontier Fellowship and the DII Collaborative Graduate Program for Accelerating Innovation in Future Electronics,Nagoya University,Japan.
This study presents an innovative approach in soft robotics,focusing on an inchworm-inspired robot designed for enhanced transport capabilities.We explore the impact of various parameters on the robot’s performance,i...
supported by the R&D program of the Ministry of Trade,Industry&Energy(No.20016252,Development of a hybrid-type high-performance multimodal electronic skin sensor and a scalable module for robot manipulation);supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korean government(Ministry of Science and ICT,MSIT)(No.RS-2023-00214236);the National Research Council of Science&Technology(NST)grant by the Korea government(MSIT)(No.CRC230231-000);the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology(KEIT)grant funded by the Korean government(MOTIE,No.RS-2022-00154781,Development of large-area wafer-level flexible/stretchable hybrid sensor platform technology for form factor-free highly integrated convergence sensors).
The remarkable functionality of biological systems in detecting and adapting to various environmental conditions has inspired the design of the latest electronics and robots with advanced features.This review focuses ...
Conventional robotic systems are built with rigid materials to deal with large forces and predetermined processes.Soft robotics,however,is an emerging field seeking to develop adaptable robots that can perform tasks i...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U2013212);Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang(Grant No.2021C04015);Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang(Grant No.RF-C2019004)。
Actuator plays a significant role in soft robotics.This paper proposed an ultralong stretchable soft actuator(US2A)with a variable and sizeable maximum elongation.The US2A is composed of a silicone rubber tube and a b...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51973155,52173181,and 52173262);Jiangsu Innovation Team Program,Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(20JCYBJC00810).
In nature,many living organisms exhibiting unique structural coloration and soft-bodied actuation have inspired scientists to develop advanced structural colored soft actuators toward biomimetic soft robots.However,it...