TY - JOUR
T1 - Soft Actuators for Soft Robotic Applications: A Review
AU - Elatab, Nazek
AU - Mishra, Rishabh B.
AU - Al-Modaf, Fhad
AU - Joharji, Lana
AU - Alsharif, Aljohara A.
AU - Alamoudi, Haneen
AU - Diaz, Marlon
AU - Qaiser, Nadeem
AU - Hussain, Muhammad Mustafa
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge generous support of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The authors acknowledge Dr. Joanna M. Nassar, Dr. Galo A. Torres, Dr. Mohamed T. Ghoneim, Andres A. Aguirre-Pablo, Davide Priante, Dr. Jhonathan P. Rojas, Sigurdur T. Thoroddsen, and Prof. Boon S. Ooi who contributed to the “pause-embed-resume” data. The authors thank Kelly Rader for proof reading this manuscript.
PY - 2020/8/24
Y1 - 2020/8/24
N2 - Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human–machine interaction, locomotion, and more. An essential component in a soft robot is the soft actuator which provides the system with a deformable body and allows it to interact with the environment to achieve a desired actuation pattern, such as locomotion. This Review article aims to provide researchers interested in the soft robotics field with a reference guide about the various state-of-the-art soft actuation methodologies that are developed with a wide range of stimuli including light, heat, applied electric and magnetic fields with a focus on their various applications in soft robotics. The underlying principles of the soft actuators are discussed with a focus on the resulting motion complexities, deformations, and multi-functionalities. Finally, various promising applications and examples of the different soft actuators are discussed in addition to their further development potential.
AB - Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human–machine interaction, locomotion, and more. An essential component in a soft robot is the soft actuator which provides the system with a deformable body and allows it to interact with the environment to achieve a desired actuation pattern, such as locomotion. This Review article aims to provide researchers interested in the soft robotics field with a reference guide about the various state-of-the-art soft actuation methodologies that are developed with a wide range of stimuli including light, heat, applied electric and magnetic fields with a focus on their various applications in soft robotics. The underlying principles of the soft actuators are discussed with a focus on the resulting motion complexities, deformations, and multi-functionalities. Finally, various promising applications and examples of the different soft actuators are discussed in addition to their further development potential.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/664810
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aisy.202000128
U2 - 10.1002/aisy.202000128
DO - 10.1002/aisy.202000128
M3 - Article
SN - 2640-4567
SP - 2000128
JO - Advanced Intelligent Systems
JF - Advanced Intelligent Systems
ER -