Soft Robotics

Magnetic field-enhanced vertical integration enables embodied intelligence in untethered soft robots
Science Advances 2025
This work develops magnetic field-enhanced flexible batteries and vertically integrated actuator-battery-sensor systems for untethered soft robots with embodied intelligence.
Xiaosa Li, Xiao Xiao, Zixiao Liu, Junhao Gong, Zenan Lin, Bing Xue, Shibo Liu, Xinru Wu, Wei Zhang, Dongkai Wang, Runze Zhao, Zihan Wang, Xiongwei Zhong, Yiliang Lin, Patrick Chia, Ximin He, John S. Ho, Ghim Wei Ho, Wei Ouyang, Wenbo Ding*, Guangmin Zhou*, Cecilia Laschi, Changsheng Wu*
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Magnetic field-enhanced vertical integration enables embodied intelligence in untethered soft robots
4D Printing Hybrid Soft Robots Enabled by Shape-Transformable Liquid Metal Nanoparticles
Advanced Materials 2024
We developed a shape-transformable liquid metal nanoparticle-based material toolkit for one-step 3D printing of hybrid soft-rigid robots. The gallium-based nanoparticle inks enable tunable mechanics and shape-memory behavior, supporting high-precision grippers, bioinspired motors, and hand rehabilitation devices.
Xumin Huang, Liwen Zhang*, Jiangyu Hang, Thomas Quinn, Naufal Kabir Ahamed Nasar, Yiliang Lin, Chenyang Hu, Xuan Pang, Xuesi Chen, Thomas P. Davis*, Ruirui Qiao*
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4D Printing Hybrid Soft Robots Enabled by Shape-Transformable Liquid Metal Nanoparticles