4 accepted papers
Untethered soft actuators that operate without physical connections to external power sources or control system cables are an active area of research for their potential applications in human-robot interaction, haptic devices, and 4D printing due to their wide range of motion and high degrees of fre
Self-healing polymers, which can autonomously repair damage or be repaired through simple treatments, have garnered attention due to their flexibility in addressing damage and enabling long-term use in soft robotics. Many studies on the application of self-healing polymers to soft robotics have focu
Soft matter computers (SMCs) are promising control and computation mechanisms that do not use rigid materials. In such mechanisms, conductive droplets are used to switch the state of the voltage applied to connected loads, such as in an electric actuator. Without a complex structure, an SMC can only
In the present study, we propose a largely deformable and miniaturized soft actuator that is made by an elastic rubber bladder (called a pouch) with a low-boiling-point liquid. When the temperature of the low-boiling-point liquid reaches 34 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:x