Researchers have created stiff, recyclable hydrogels that can be broken down into their base components and reshaped on demand.
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Jamming solids find use as all-purpose robotic skin
An active polymer skin that can be be reshaped on-demand takes existing technologies and adapts their functionalities to the needs of a changing environment.
Mussels and chameleons inspire a new type of sensor
Scientists design a stretchable, adhesive, self-healing material that can change color as a result of movement for real-time motion sensors.
Stretchable, Morphing Smart Skins Inspired by Cephalopods
Researchers reproduce the soft, stretchable, and smart skin of cephalopods.
The Natural Solution to a Sticky Problem: Wearable Skin Patches
Scientists develop a reversible adhesive skin patch with high air permeability and water drainage.
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Auxetics could provide soft actuation for robotics
A new class of soft actuators based on the auxetic behavior of patterned cylindrical shells containing a layout of voids that can be designed to reversibly achieve flexural or twisting motion is presented.
A Microscopic View of Smart Solvent-Responsive Hairy Nanoparticles
The solvent-responsive behavior of amphiphilic gold nanoparticles modified with polymer brushes is investigated using coarse-graining molecular dynamics simulations.
The Betentacled One: Soft Robots that Move in Three Dimensions
Soft robotic tentacles that can be manipulated using pressurization have been developed by the Whitesides group at Harvard.
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