Li Zhang, Jiachen Zhang, Neng Xia

Untethered Miniature Soft Robots

Materials, Fabrications, and Applications

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Covers the latest achievements in smart materials, fabrication strategies, and the multifunctional intelligent robots.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-VCH
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1135177 000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9783527351770
• ISBN-10: 3527351779
• Artikelnr.: 68531059

Autorenporträt

Li Zhang is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering and Professor by Courtesy in the Department of Surgery at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China. Jiachen Zhang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), China. Neng Xia is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China. Yue Dong is Associate Professor in the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Morphing Mechanisms and Adaptive Robotics, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (HITSZ), China.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface

INTRODUCTION TO UNTETHERED MINIATURE SOFT ROBOTS
Working Mechanisms of Untethered Soft Robots
Fabrication Methods of Untethered Soft Robots
Applications of Miniature Soft Robots
Scope and Layout of the Book

SILICONE ELASTOMER BASED MINIATURE SOFT ROBOTS
Introduction
Soft Elastomer Based Robots with Programmable Magnetization Profiles
Reprogrammable Soft Machines
Multi-Stimuli Responsive Transformation of Magneto-Elastomer Based Soft Structures
Multimodal and Bioinspired Locomotion Adopted for Elastomer Based Robots
Potential Biomedical Applications of Miniature Magnetic Soft Machines
Fluidic Pumping by the Magneto-Elastomers
Other Potential Applications of the Magneto-Elastomers
Summary

CARBON-BASED MINIATURE SOFT ROBOTS WITH ROLLED-UP CONCEPT
Introduction
The Choices of Carbon-Based Materials
The Working Mechanisms of Carbon-Based Materials
The Programming Shape Changes of Actuators and their Applications
Summary

HYDROGELS-BASED MINIATURE SOFT ROBOTS
Introduction
Fabrication of Reconfigurable Hydrogel Micromachines
Modular Design of Reconfigurable Soft Robots based on 4D Microscale Building Blocks
Application of Reconfigurable Soft Robots
Summary

LIQUID CRYSTAL NETWORK AND ELASTOMER-BASED MINIATURE SOFT ROBOTS
Introduction
Stimuli-Responsiveness based on Programmed Director Field
Magnetic Liquid Elastomer Composites for Miniature Machines
Summary

FLEXIBLE FERROFLUID AS SOFT ROBOTS AGENTS
Introduction
Description of Ferrofluids
Deformation Behaviors of FDRs
Applications of FDRs
Summary

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Other Functional Materials used for Miniature Soft Robots
Multi-Material Integration Strategies
Multifunctional Integration for Miniature Soft Robots with Perception Capabilities
Perspectives toward Intelligent and Autonomous Soft Robots