Design elements and principles

Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties

Xuanhe Zhao, Xiaoyu Chen, Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin, Xinyue Liu, German Alberto Parada

Citations: 1071 • 2021

Design principles for highly efficient quadrupeds and implementation on the MIT Cheetah robot

Sangok Seok, Albert Wang, Meng Yee Chuah, David M. Otten, Jeffrey H. Lang, Sangbae Kim

Citations: 433 • 2013

Evolving embodied intelligence from materials to machines

Citations: 146 • 2019

Self-Assembly at the Macroscopic Scale

Marco Dorigo

Citations: 139 • 2008

Multi‐Physical Lattice Metamaterials Enabled by Additive Manufacturing: Design Principles, Interaction Mechanisms, and Multifunctional Applications

Qingping Ma, Hang Yang, Yijing Zhao, Xinwei Li, Junhao Ding, Shuo Qu, Quyang Liu, Zongxin Hu, Rui Li, Qing Tao, Haoming Mo, Wei Zhai, Xu Song

Citations: 101 • 2025

Anti-Freezing multiphase gel materials: Bioinspired design strategies and applications

Yichao Xu, Qinfeng Rong, Tianyi Zhao, Mingjie Liu

Citations: 90 • 2020

From Nature to Fabrication: Biomimetic Design Principles for the Production of Complex Spatial Structures

Riccardo La Magna, Markus Gabler, Steffen Reichert, Tobias Schwinn, Frédéric Waimer, Achim Menges, Jan Knippers

Citations: 63 • 2013

The roadmap of carbon‐based single‐atom catalysts: rational design and electrochemical applications

Kaiyuan Liu, Liping Wang, Wenxing Chen, Zhiyi Sun, Huilong Geng, Yinqi Li, Ziwei Deng, Shuai Jiang, Boran Zhou, Kedi Yu, Long Wei, Xin Gao, Zhuo Chen, Huazhang Zhai, Zhengbo Chen, Yahe Wu, Dingsheng Wang, Pengwan Chen

Citations: 23 • 2025

Axiomatic design principles in analysing the ergonomics design parameter of a virtual environment

Zahari Taha, Hartomo Soewardi, Siti Zawiah Md Dawal

Citations: 20 • 2014

Origami and materials science

Huan Liu, Paul Plucinsky, Fan Feng, Richard D. James

Citations: 18 • 2021

From Nature to Fabrication: Biomimetic Design Principles for the Production of Complex Spatial Structures

Jan Knippers, Markus Gabler, Riccardo La Magna, Frédéric Waimer, Achim Menges, Steffen Reichert, Tobias Schwinn

Citations: 18 • 2012

Optimal Design of a Bio‐Inspired Anthropocentric Shoulder Rehabilitator

Shabbir Kurbanhusen Mustafa, Guilin Yang, Song Huat Yeo

Citations: 18 • 2006

Sea Urchins as an Inspiration for Robotic Designs

Klaus M. Stiefel, Glyn Barrett

Citations: 11 • 2018

Design Principles for Neurorobotics

Jeffrey L. Krichmar, Tiffany Hwu

Citations: 9 • 2022

Edge monkeys - the design of habitat specific robots in buildings

Stephen Gage, Will Thorne

Citations: 6 • 2005

Advances in Hydrogel‐Based Electronic Skins: From Material Design to Multifunctional Applications

D. Li, Ningfeng Que, Hao Tang, Chenxi Jing, Le Liu, Guanshi Liu, Hongxing Zhou, Wenwen Zhang, Hongguo Wei

Citations: 5 • 2025

Optimal Design of a Bio-Inspired Anthropocentric Shoulder Rehabilitator

Shabbir Kurbanhusen Mustafa, Gui Ling Yang, Song Huat Yeo, Wenqing Lin

Citations: 5 • 2006

Smart molecular design for functional cellulose gels and flexible devices

Zeshi Li, Minxin Wang, Geyuan Jiang, Jianhong Zhou, Donghan Li, Weihua Zhang

Citations: 4 • 2026

A Framework for the Application of Adaptronic Solution Principles

David Inkermann, Carsten Stechert, Thomas Vietor

Citations: 4 • 2013

Exposing American Undergraduates to Monozukuri and Other Key Principles in Japanese Culture, Design, Technology and Robotics

Dave Berque, Hiroko Chiba

Citations: 3 • 2016