Artificial muscle

Measurement and modeling of McKibben pneumatic artificial muscles

Ching-Ping Chou, Blake Hannaford

Citations: 1570 • 1996

Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators with muscle-like performance

Eric Acome, Shane K. Mitchell, Timothy G. Morrissey, Madison B. Emmett, C. Benjamin, Mary E. King, M. Radakovitz, Christoph Keplinger

Citations: 1038 • 2018

Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) as biomimetic sensors, actuators and artificial muscles - a review

Mohsen Shahinpoor, Yoseph Bar‐Cohen, J. Simpson, Joseph G. Smith

Citations: 1015 • 1998

Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus

Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti, Barbara Mazzolai, Laura Margheri, Maurizio Follador, Paolo Dario

Citations: 960 • 2012

Highly Stretchable, Elastic, and Ionic Conductive Hydrogel for Artificial Soft Electronics

Yang Zhou, Changjin Wan, Yongsheng Yang, Hui Yang, Shancheng Wang, Zhendong Dai, Keju Ji, Hui Jiang, Xiaodong Chen, Yi Long

Citations: 931 • 2018

Modeling and control of McKibben artificial muscle robot actuators

Bertrand Tondu, P. Lopez

Citations: 907 • 2000

Controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles

Yufeng Chen, Huichan Zhao, Jie Mao, Pakpong Chirarattananon, E. Farrell Helbling, Nak-seung Patrick Hyun, David R. Clarke, Robert J. Wood

Citations: 833 • 2019

Soft material for soft actuators

Aslan Miriyev, Kenneth Stack, Hod Lipson

Citations: 827 • 2017

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

Supitchaya Iamsaard, Sarah J. Aßhoff, Benjamin Matt, Tibor Kudernác, Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen, Stephen P. Fletcher, Nathalie Katsonis

Citations: 749 • 2014

Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles

Shuguang Li, Daniel M. Vogt, Daniela Rus, Robert J. Wood

Citations: 732 • 2017

Multi-functional dielectric elastomer artificial muscles for soft and smart machines

Iain A. Anderson, Todd Gisby, Thomas G. McKay, Benjamin O’Brien, Emilio P. Calius

Citations: 612 • 2012

High-Force Soft Printable Pneumatics for Soft Robotic Applications

Hong Kai Yap, Hui Yong Ng, Chen‐Hua Yeow

Citations: 594 • 2016

Pneumatic artificial muscles: actuators for robotics and automation

Frank Daerden, Dirk Lefeber

Citations: 576 • 2002

Recent Progress in Biomimetic Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuators

Xiaoxia Le, Wei Lü, Jiawei Zhang, Tao Chen

Citations: 575 • 2019

High‐Stretchability, Ultralow‐Hysteresis ConductingPolymer Hydrogel Strain Sensors for Soft Machines

Zequn Shen, Zhilin Zhang, Ningbin Zhang, Jinhao Li, Peiwei Zhou, Faqi Hu, Yu Rong, Baoyang Lu, Guoying Gu

Citations: 540 • 2022

Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells

Leonardo Ricotti, Barry A. Trimmer, Adam W. Feinberg, Ritu Raman, Kevin Kit Parker, Rashid Bashir, Metin Sitti, Sylvain Martel, Paolo Dario, Arianna Menciassi

Citations: 520 • 2017

Four-dimensional Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Cedric P. Ambulo, Julia J. Burroughs, Jennifer M. Boothby, Hyun Kim, M. Ravi Shankar, Taylor H. Ware

Citations: 490 • 2017

Dielectric Elastomer Based “Grippers” for Soft Robotics

Samuel Shian, Katia Bertoldi, David R. Clarke

Citations: 473 • 2015

A survey on dielectric elastomer actuators for soft robots

Guoying Gu, Jian Zhu, Xiangyang Zhu

Citations: 471 • 2017

Control of pneumatic muscle actuators

Darwin G. Caldwell, Gustavo A. Medrano‐Cerda, Mary Goodwin-Trotman

Citations: 467 • 1995