Published Journal Articles
* Soft locomotion, compliant locomotion:
- Mechanics of jumping on water (Phys. Rev. Fluids, Oct. 2017)
- Remotely triggered locomotion of hydrogel mag-bots in confined spaces (Sci. Rep., Nov. 2017)
- Droplets as liquid robots (Artif. Life, Nov. 2017)
- Bacteria-inspired nanorobots with flagellar polymorphic transformations and bundling (Sci. Rep., Nov. 2017)
* Soft sensing, artificial skin, electronic skin:
- Bending angle prediction and control of soft pneumatic actuators with embedded flex sensors – A data-driven approach (Mechatronics, Oct. 2017)
- Remote tactile sensing system integrated with magnetic synapse (Sci. Rep., Dec. 2017)
* Soft actuator, flexible actuator, compliant actuator:
- Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles (Proc Natl Acad Sci, Oct. 2017)
- Reducing actuator requirements in continuum robots through optimized cable routing (Soft Robotics, Oct. 2017)
- A eutectic-alloy-infused soft actuator with sensing, tunable degrees of freedom, and stiffness properties (J. Micromech. Microeng., Nov. 2017)
* Soft matter electronics, stretchable electronics:
- An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels (Nature, Dec. 2017)
* Soft robot application:
- Design and computational modelling of a modular, compliant robotic assembly for human lumbar unit and spinal cord assistance (Sci. Rep., Oct. 2017)
- Soft robotic ventricular assist device with septal bracing for therapy of heart failure (Science Robotics, Nov. 2017)
* Morphological computation, morphological change, self-organization:
- Will robots be bodies with brains or brains with bodies? (Science Robotics, Nov. 2017)
- Infrared actuation-induced simultaneous reconfiguration of surface color and morphology for soft robotics (Sci. Rep., Dec. 2017)
Conference Articles
- Torque characterization of a novel pneumatic soft-and-rigid hybrid actuator (ACME DSC 2017)
- Soft robotic rehabilitation exoskeleton (REHAB Glove) for hand therapy (ACME DSC 2017)
Popular Articles
- Science’s newest skin job: a robot that can change its texture on the fly (Science News, Oct. 2017)
- Octopus-inspired camouflage for soft robotics (IEEE Spectrum, Oct. 2017)
- 3D-printed spider silk can grow heart muscle cells (Asme.org, Oct. 2017)
- A sustainable, power-producing textile (Asme.org, Oct. 2017)
- This flexible skin can actually give robots a real sense of ‘touch’ (HuffingtonPost, Oct. 2017)
- Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers (Wyss Institute News, Nov. 2017)
- The quest to 3D print surrogate human tissue (Asme.org, Nov. 2017)
- Soft robotics target hand, finger rehab for stroke patients (Asme.org, Nov. 2017)
- Power from a second skin (Asme.org, Nov. 2017)
- This crazy new material could harvest electricity from the human body (ScienceAlert, Nov. 2017)
- Essential science: Jellyfish inspired electronic skin (DigitalJournal, Nov. 2017)
- Controllable cyborg beetles for swarming search and rescue (IEEE Spectrum, Nov. 2017)
- Singapore researchers’ underwater robot inspired by manta ray (Reuters, Dec. 2017)