Nature's Blueprint in Bioinspired Materials for Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 34(35)

Published: Aug. 22, 2023

Abstract Soft robotics, an emerging field that focuses on the development of robots utilizing soft, flexible, and deformable materials, is revolutionizing traditional robotics (reliant rigid materials motors) broadening its range applications potential uses. In addition, by emulating structure, function, characteristics biological systems, bioinspired are facilitating significant progress in a diverse array soft robotic applications. This review offers overview employed exploring their applications, challenges, future research directions. For intuitive understanding, based primary abilities required habitats (terrestrial, aquatic, aerial) animals plants they mimic categorized. Furthermore, real‐world developed everyday human life presented. The novel category classification comprehensive analysis presented this provide insights into systems with to transform various industries enhance quality life.

Language: Английский

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Triboelectric Nanogenerator‐Enabled Digital Twins in Civil Engineering Infrastructure 4.0: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(20)

Published: March 22, 2024

Abstract The emergence of digital twins has ushered in a new era civil engineering with focus on achieving sustainable energy supply, real‐time sensing, and rapid warning systems. These key development goals mean the arrival Civil Engineering 4.0.The advent triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) demonstrates feasibility harvesting self‐powered sensing. This review aims to provide comprehensive analysis fundamental elements comprising infrastructure, encompassing various structures such as buildings, pavements, rail tracks, bridges, tunnels, ports. First, an elaboration is provided smart twins. Following that, paper examines impact using TENG‐enabled strategies infrastructure through integration materials structures. infrastructures by TENGs have been analyzed identify research interest. areas encompass wide range characteristics, including safety, efficiency, conservation, other related themes. challenges future perspectives are briefly discussed final section. In conclusion, it conceivable that near future, there will be proliferation accompanied services.

Language: Английский

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Adaptive hierarchical origami-based metastructures

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: July 26, 2024

Shape-morphing capabilities are crucial for enabling multifunctionality in both biological and artificial systems. Various strategies shape morphing have been proposed applications metamaterials robotics. However, few of these approaches achieved the ability to seamlessly transform into a multitude volumetric shapes post-fabrication using relatively simple actuation control mechanism. Taking inspiration from thick origami hierarchies nature, we present hierarchical construction method based on polyhedrons create an extensive library compact metastructures. We show that single structure can autonomously adapt over 10

Language: Английский

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Oral administration microrobots for drug delivery

Bioactive Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39, P. 163 - 190

Published: May 21, 2024

Oral administration is the most simple, noninvasive, convenient treatment. With increasing demands on targeted drug delivery, traditional oral treatment now facing some challenges: 1) biologics how to implement and ensure bioavailability not lower than subcutaneous injections; 2) How achieve therapy of drugs in gastrointestinal tract? Based these two issues, delivery microrobots have shown great application prospect due their characteristics flexible locomotion or driven ability. Therefore, this paper summarizes various developed recent years divides them into four categories according different driving modes: magnetic-controlled microrobots, anchored self-propelled biohybrid microrobots. As involve disciplines such as materials science, mechanical engineering, medicine, control systems, begins by introducing barriers that must overcome. Subsequently, it provides an overview typical involved design process To enhance readers' understanding working principles we present a guideline for designing Furthermore, current development status types reviewed, summarizing respective advantages limitations. Finally, considering significant concerns regarding safety clinical translation, discuss challenges prospections translation presented paper, providing corresponding suggestions addressing existing challenges.

Language: Английский

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Mountain-valley crease reconfiguration of 4-crease origami vertices and tessellations

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 273, P. 109224 - 109224

Published: March 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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