Mechanical energy

Reducing the energy cost of human walking using an unpowered exoskeleton

Steven H. Collins, M. Bruce Wiggin, Gregory S. Sawicki

Citations: 1021 • 2015

25th Anniversary Article: A Soft Future: From Robots and Sensor Skin to Energy Harvesters

Siegfried Bauer, S. Bauer‐Gogonea, Ingrid Graz, Martin Kaltenbrunner, Christoph Keplinger, Reinhard Schwödiauer

Citations: 855 • 2013

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

On the first principle theory of nanogenerators from Maxwell's equations

Zhong Lin Wang

Citations: 693 • 2019

The Energy Harvesting Eel: a small subsurface ocean/river power generator

George W. Taylor, James R. Burns, S.A. Kammann, W.B. Powers, T.R. Welsh

Citations: 645 • 2001

From contact electrification to triboelectric nanogenerators

Zhong Lin Wang

Citations: 529 • 2021

Non-reciprocal robotic metamaterials

Martin Brandenbourger, Xander Locsin, Edan Lerner, Corentin Coulais

Citations: 472 • 2019

Lattice Metamaterials with Mechanically Tunable Poisson’s Ratio for Vibration Control

Yanyu Chen, Tiantian Li, Fabrizio Scarpa, Lifeng Wang

Citations: 360 • 2017

Actively Perceiving and Responsive Soft Robots Enabled by Self‐Powered, Highly Extensible, and Highly Sensitive Triboelectric Proximity‐ and Pressure‐Sensing Skins

Ying‐Chih Lai, Jianan Deng, Ruiyuan Liu, Yung‐Chi Hsiao, Steven L. Zhang, Wenbo Peng, Hsing‐Mei Wu, Xingfu Wang, Zhong Lin Wang

Citations: 343 • 2018

Leaf-inspired multiresponsive MXene-based actuator for programmable smart devices

Guofa Cai, Jing‐Hao Ciou, Yizhi Liu, Yi Jiang, Pooi See Lee

Citations: 341 • 2019

Nonlinear conduction via solitons in a topological mechanical insulator

Bryan Gin–ge Chen, Nitin Upadhyaya, Vincenzo Vitelli

Citations: 295 • 2014

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Roy Kornbluh, Ron Pelrine, Qibing Pei, Richard Heydt, Scott Stanford, Seajin Oh, Joseph Eckerle

Citations: 268 • 2002

Scaling up nanoscale water-driven energy conversion into evaporation-driven engines and generators

Xi Chen, Davis Goodnight, Zhenghan Gao, Ahmet-Hamdi Cavusoglu, Nina Sabharwal, Michael DeLay, Adam Driks, Özgür Şahin

Citations: 264 • 2015

Effect of timing of hip extension assistance during loaded walking with a soft exosuit

Ye Ding, Fausto A. Panizzolo, Christopher Siviy, Philippe Malcolm, Ignacio Galiana, Kenneth G. Holt, Conor J. Walsh

Citations: 245 • 2016

Design, control, and energetics of an electrically actuated legged robot

P. Gregorio, Mojtaba Ahmadi, M. Buehler

Citations: 242 • 1997

A multifunctional and highly flexible triboelectric nanogenerator based on MXene-enabled porous film integrated with laser-induced graphene electrode

Chengmei Jiang, Xunjia Li, Yao Yao, Lingyi Lan, Yuzhou Shao, Fengnian Zhao, Yibin Ying, Jianfeng Ping

Citations: 241 • 2019

Running over rough terrain reveals limb control for intrinsic stability

Monica A. Daley, Andrew A. Biewener

Citations: 232 • 2006

Modern materials handling

Lucien E. Picolet

Citations: 227 • 1932

Remarkable merits of triboelectric nanogenerator than electromagnetic generator for harvesting small-amplitude mechanical energy

Junqing Zhao, Gaowei Zhen, Guoxu Liu, Tianzhao Bu, Wenbo Liu, Xian Fu, Ping Zhang, Chi Zhang, Zhong Lin Wang

Citations: 217 • 2019

Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation

In Ho Kim, Subi Choi, Jieun Lee, Jiyoung Jung, Jinwook Yeo, Jun Tae Kim, Suk‐kyun Ahn, Jiheong Kang, Philippe Poulin, Sang Ouk Kim

Citations: 215 • 2022