ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2022
Liquid Metal-Elastomer Composites with Dual-Energy Transmission Mode for Multifunctional Miniature Untethered Magnetic Robots.
Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Gallium-Based Liquid Metals: From Fundamental Properties to State-of-the-Art Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Encoding Desired Deformation Profiles in Endoscope-Like Soft Robots.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2025Article
- Magnetically driven capsules with multimodal response and multifunctionality for biomedical applications.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Developments and Challenges of Miniature Piezoelectric Robots: A Review.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Coaxially printed magnetic mechanical electrical hybrid structures with actuation and sensing functionalities.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Bio-Mimic, Fast-Moving, and Flippable Soft Piezoelectric Robots.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- Pangolin-inspired untethered magnetic robot for on-demand biomedical heating applications.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Liquid Metal-Elastomer Composites with Dual-Energy Transmission Mode for Multifunctional Miniature Untethered Magnetic Robots.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Miniature untethered robots attract growing interest as they have become more functional and applicable to disruptive biomedical applications recently. Particularly, the soft ones among them exhibit unique merits of compliance, versatility, and agility. With scarce onboard space, these devices mostly harvest energy from environment or physical fields, such as magnetic and acoustic fields and patterned lights. In most cases, one device only utilizes one energy transmission mode (ETM) in powering its activities to achieve programmed tasks, such as locomotion and object manipulation. But real-world tasks demand multifunctional devices that require more energy in various forms. This work reports a liquid metal-elastomer composite with dual-ETM using one magnetic field for miniature untethered multifunctional robots. The first ETM uses the low-frequency (<100 Hz) field component to induce shape-morphing, while the second ETM employs energy transmitted via radio-frequency (20 kHz-300 GHz) induction to power onboard electronics and generate excess heat, enabling new capabilities. These new functions do not disturb the shape-morphing actuated using the first ETM. The reported material enables the integration of electric and thermal functionalities into soft miniature robots, offering a wealth of inspirations for multifunctional miniature robots that leverage developments in electronics to exhibit usefulness beyond self-locomotion.
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