Contents
22 April 2020
Vol 5, Issue 41
Vol 5, Issue 41
Special Section on Electronic Skins
Research Article
- Biofuel-powered soft electronic skin with multiplexed and wireless sensing for human-machine interfaces
A flexible and fully biofuel-powered electronic skin enables continuous, multiplexed, and multimodal wireless sensing.
Review
- Electronic skins and machine learning for intelligent soft robots
Developments in e-skins and machine learning may achieve tactile sensing and proprioception for autonomous, deployable soft robots.
Research Articles
- Ladybird beetle–inspired compliant origami
Ladybird beetle–inspired origami uses the deformation and geometry of its facet to enable unique energy storage and self-locking.
- Actuation of untethered pneumatic artificial muscles and soft robots using magnetically induced liquid-to-gas phase transitions
Controlled volumetric expansion using magnetic induction enables actuation of pneumatic artificial muscles without valves or pumps.
About The Cover
ONLINE COVER Nature's Origami. The wings of a ladybird beetle can sustain large aerodynamic forces during flight, and, when folded, these wings are deployable within 100 milliseconds. The self-locking and elastic energy storage capabilities of these wings are enabled by a tape-spring shaped vein in the wing frame. Baek et al. replicate the curved geometry of these veins to create origami structures that can self-lock and deploy within 116 milliseconds. The researchers validate their design by demonstrating a jumping robot and a jump-gliding robot with enhanced kinetic and static behavior. This month's cover shows how a ladybird beetle deploys its wings to take flight. [CREDIT: MYN/Marc Pihet/Minden Pictures]
