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ArticleResearch (Washington, D.C.)2022

A Humidity-Powered Soft Robot with Fast Rolling Locomotion.

Lei Fu, Weiqiang Zhao, Jiayao Ma, Mingyuan Yang, Xinmeng Liu, Lei Zhang, Yan Chen

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Article in Research (Washington, D.C.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Soft Microbot Traction on Structured Surfaces.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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  3. An Ultra-Fast Rolling Double-Helical Robot Driven by Constant Humidity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  4. Research Progress on Moisture-Sorption Actuators Materials.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Review
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  8. Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2024
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  10. Inflatable Metamorphic Origami.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lei FuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
Weiqiang ZhaoDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
Jiayao MaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
Mingyuan YangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
Xinmeng LiuDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
Lei ZhangDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3638-6219
Yan ChenSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-6944

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A range of soft robotic systems have recently been developed that use soft, flexible materials and respond to environmental stimulus. The greatest challenge in their design is the integration of the actuator, energy sources, and body of robots while achieving fast locomotion and well-defined programmable trajectories. This work presents such a design that operates under constant conditions without the need for an externally modulated stimulus. By using a humidity-sensitive agarose film and overcoming the isotropic and random bending of the film, the robot, which we call the

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