ACS Engineering Au, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 19, 2024
Язык: Английский
Cyborg and Bionic Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Soft robotics has received substantial attention due to its remarkable deformability, making it well-suited for a wide range of applications in complex environments, such as medicine, rescue operations, and exploration. Within this domain, the interaction actuation sensing is utmost importance controlling movements functions soft robots. Nonetheless, current research predominantly focuses on isolated capabilities, often neglecting critical integration these 2 domains achieve intelligent functionality. In review, we present comprehensive survey fundamental strategies multimodal while also delving into advancements proprioceptive haptic their fusion. We emphasize integrating robotics, presenting 3 methodologies, namely, sensor surface integration, internal closed-loop system based feedback. Furthermore, highlight challenges field suggest compelling directions future research. Through synthesis, aim stimulate further curiosity among researchers contribute development genuinely
Язык: Английский
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ACS Nano, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 17(14), С. 13081 - 13109
Опубликована: Июль 13, 2023
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion, deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous interest various manipulation, sensing, biomedical applications. Because they be efficiently operated confined tortuous environments, USSMs are capable of conducting wireless microrobotic manipulation tasks tethered find hard achieve. Over the past decade development, significant research progress has been achieved designing USSM-based strategies, which enabled by investigating machine-object, machine-environment, machine-machine interactions. This review summarizes latest developments for utilizing individual machines, coordinating multiple inducing behaviors. Providing recent studies relevant applications areas, we also discuss challenges future perspectives facing USSMs-based intelligent systems achieve complex environments with imaging-guided processes increasing autonomy levels.
Язык: Английский
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Nano-Micro Letters, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(1)
Опубликована: Ноя. 30, 2023
Abstract Untethered micro/nanorobots that can wirelessly control their motion and deformation state have gained enormous interest in remote sensing applications due to unique characteristics various media diverse functionalities. Researchers are developing as innovative tools improve performance miniaturize systems, enabling situ detection of substances traditional methods struggle achieve. Over the past decade development, significant research progress has been made designing strategies based on micro/nanorobots, employing coordinated approaches. This review summarizes latest developments for by utilizing self-generated signals robots, robot behavior, microrobotic manipulation, robot-environment interactions. Providing recent studies relevant sensing, we also discuss challenges future perspectives facing micro/nanorobots-based intelligent platforms achieve complex environments, translating lab achievements into widespread real applications.
Язык: Английский
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The European Physical Journal E, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 48(2)
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025
In the past years, amount of research on active matter has grown extremely rapidly, a fact that is reflected in particular by existence more than 1000 reviews this topic. Moreover, field become very diverse, ranging from theoretical studies statistical mechanics particles to applied work medical applications microrobots and biological systems artificial swimmers. This makes it difficult get an overview over as whole. Here, we provide such form metareview article surveys existing review articles books matter. Thereby, provides useful starting point for finding literature about specific
Язык: Английский
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Nature Communications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(1)
Опубликована: Июль 26, 2024
From power plants on land to bridges over the sea, safety-critical built environments require periodic inspections for detecting issues avoid functional discontinuities of these installations. However, navigation paths in are usually challenging as they often contain difficult-to-access spaces (near-millimetre and submillimetre-high gaps) multiple domains (solid, liquid even aerial). In this paper, we address challenges by developing a class Thin Soft Robots (TS-Robot: thickness, 1.7 mm) that can access narrow perform cross-domain multimodal locomotion. We adopted dual-actuation sandwich structure with tuneable Poisson's ratio tensioning mechanism TS-Robots driven dielectric elastomers, providing them two types gaits (linear undulating), remarkable output force ( ~ 41 times their weight) speed (1.16 Body Length/s 13.06 Thickness/s). Here, demonstrated crawl, climb, swim collaborate transitioning between entries.
Язык: Английский
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 128(5), С. 1325 - 1331
Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2024
Magnetically tuned soft machines offer great promise in performing a wide variety of programmable tasks via their dynamic shape adaptation and alteration. Despite dramatic recent advancements this regard, selective reconfiguration the wetting behavior ferrofluid droplet atop hydrophobic interface adapted as magnetically modulated micromachine remained elusive when applied field intensity exceeds saturation magnetization. Here we unveil strategy to unsettle perspective by harnessing magnetic field-dependent magnetization phenomenon that may be exploited exclusively arrive at highly controllable switchable states droplets, including realization ranges contact angles for given field. We physical law from resulting interplay forces quantifies time dependence angle variation Substantiated experimental findings, our multiphysics-based simulations further evidence possibilities realizing matter over range parameters, delving into principle. Disrupting established notion trivially unique governed droplet-substrate combination alone, paradigm thus benefit practical applications, ranging digital microfluidics recombination chemistry.
Язык: Английский
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Science Advances, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(29)
Опубликована: Июль 17, 2024
Spatiotemporally controllable droplet manipulation is vital across numerous applications, particularly in miniature robots known for their exceptional deformability. Despite notable advancements, current control methods are predominantly limited to two-dimensional (2D) deformation and motion of an individual droplet, with minimal exploration 3D collective behaviors. Here, we introduce a bimodal actuation strategy, merging magnetic optical fields, remote programmable guidance ferrofluidic droplets collectives. The field induces dipole force, prompting the formation Simultaneously, triggers isothermal changes interfacial tension through Marangoni flows, enhancing buoyancy facilitating movements droplets. Moreover, these can function autonomously as soft robots, capable transporting objects. Alternatively, when combined hydrogel shell, they assemble into jellyfish-like driven by sunlight. These findings present efficient strategy manipulation, broadening capabilities droplet-based robotics.
Язык: Английский
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Advanced Functional Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 9, 2024
Abstract The pervasive presence of micro/nanoplastics in the environment is a significant threat to ecosystems and human health, demanding effective remediation strategies. Traditional methods for extracting these pollutants from water are often inadequate, typically leaving environmentally harmful residues. In response, this work introduces an innovative approach using reconfigurable regenerable liquid metal microrobots (LiquidBots) that magnetically driven actively sequester aquatic environments. These LiquidBots utilize coating gallium oxide enhanced adhesion electrostatic interaction capture over 80% nanoplastics present solution. Additionally, can be easily regenerated through sonication, which dislodges captured nanoplastics, allowing reused. This novel technology offers highly efficient, adaptable, sustainable solution combat micro/nanoplastic pollution crisis.
Язык: Английский
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Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 691, С. 133891 - 133891
Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2024
Язык: Английский
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EAI Endorsed Transactions on AI and Robotics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 3
Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2024
Micro robots, miniature robotic devices typically ranging from micrometers to a few millimeters in size, hold immense potential various fields, particularly healthcare. Their diminutive stature enables access intricate anatomical regions previously unreachable, facilitating targeted drug delivery, localized treatment, and precise monitoring. These robots offer numerous advantages, including enhanced maneuverability, reduced invasiveness, minimized tissue damage. By navigating through complex biological environments, micro can deliver therapies with unprecedented precision, improving treatment efficacy patient outcomes. Additionally, their small size allows for minimally invasive procedures, reducing recovery times enhancing comfort. Overall, represent groundbreaking technological advancement the revolutionize healthcare delivery significantly benefit human well-being.Their Despite challenges like constraints navigation complexities, innovative solutions interdisciplinary collaboration are driving
Язык: Английский
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