ReviewCommunications chemistry2024
Self-sustainable autonomous soft actuators.
Review in Communications chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Dual-wavelength photopatterning unlocks spatially programmable heterogeneity in liquid crystal elastomers.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Autonomous Switching of Self-Propelled Motion Modes of Hinokitiol-Fueled Elastomer Matrices.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Programmable and Reversible 3D-to-3D Shape Transformation: Hierarchical Multimodal Morphing Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- An autonomous snapper featuring adaptive actuation and embodied intelligence.Science advances · 2025Article
- Architectured soft materials as autonomous microrobots.Nature materials · 2024Article
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Abstract
Self-sustainable autonomous locomotion is a non-equilibrium phenomenon and an advanced intelligence of soft-bodied organisms that exhibit the abilities of perception, feedback, decision-making, and self-sustainment. However, artificial self-sustaining architectures are often derived from algorithms and onboard modules of soft robots, resulting in complex fabrication, limited mobility, and low sensitivity. Self-sustainable autonomous soft actuators have emerged as naturally evolving systems that do not require human intervention. With shape-morphing materials integrating in their structural design, soft actuators can direct autonomous responses to complex environmental changes and achieve robust self-sustaining motions under sustained stimulation. This perspective article discusses the recent advances in self-sustainable autonomous soft actuators. Specifically, shape-morphing materials, motion characteristics, built-in negative feedback loops, and constant stimulus response patterns used in autonomous systems are summarized. Artificial self-sustaining autonomous concepts, modes, and deformation-induced functional applications of soft actuators are described. The current challenges and future opportunities for self-sustainable actuation systems are also discussed.
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