financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC),le Fonds de recherche du Québec:Nature et technologies(FRQNT),and The Centre québécois sur les matériaux fonctionnels.
Stimuli-responsive shape-changing materials,particularly hydrogel and liquid crystal elastomer(LCE),have demonstrated significant potential for applications across various fields.Although intricate deformation and act...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62273117);Pre-research Task(No.SKLRS202418B)of State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems(HIT).
Bio-inspired magnetic helical microrobots have great potential for biomedical and micromanipulation applications. Precise interaction with objects in liquid environments is an important prerequisite and challenge for ...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFB4700100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61925307,62373347,62333021);the Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.YSBR-041);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.2023210);the State Key Laboratory of Robotics(Grant No.2024-Z04);the Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tumors of Ministry of Education,China Medical University(Grant No.GIPD-22-01)。
Owing to the deep integration of biological and electromechanical systems,biosyncretic robotic systems have emerged as a significant research interest in robotics.This study presents the latest related research featur...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12272146);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2024BRA009);the National Ten Thousand Talent Program for Young Top-notch Talents。
The twisted and coiled polymer(TCP)artificial muscles driven by hydraulic pressure offer high mechanical efficiency and power density.The relation between geometry,mechanics,and actuation performance for this kind of ...
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...
supported by International Cooperation Program of the Natural Science Foundation of China under grant no.52261135542(to J.Z.);National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant no.52305074(to W.T.);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under grant no.LD22E050002(to J.Z.);China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents under grant no.BX20220267(to W.T.);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under grant no.2023M733066(to W.T.).
One of the fundamental principles of electrostatics is that an uncharged object will be attracted to a charged object through electrostatic induction as the two approaches one another.We refer to the charged object as...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52373280,52177014,51977009,52273257)。
Polymeric microwave actuators combining tissue-like softness with programmablemicrowave-responsive deformation hold great promise for mobile intelligentdevices and bionic soft robots. However, their application is cha...
financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U1637101);The Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures(1005-ZAG23011).
As a kind of ionic artificial muscle material,Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites(IPMCs)have the advantages of a low drive current,light weight,and significant flexibility.IPMCs are widely used in the fields of biomedicine...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51805047 and 52175003);the Outstanding Youth Program of Hunan Education Department(Grant No.23B0335);the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Grant Nos.2023JJ30021 and 2023JJ50077).
The introduction of wireless capsule endoscopy has brought a revolutionary change in the diagnostic procedures for gastrointestinal disorders.Biopsy,an essential procedure for disease diagnosis,has been integrated int...
financially supported by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Project(Project Nos.JCYJ20220818102201003,JCYJ20220818100001002);the Shenzhen Sustainable Development Special Project(Project No.KCXFZ20230731094500001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Nos.51975597,52175446);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Project No.2022B1515020011)。
Magnetically responsive microstructured functional surface(MRMFS),capable of dynamically and reversibly switching the surface topography under magnetic actuation,provides a wireless,noninvasive,and instantaneous way t...