Sustainable robots 4D printing

Soleimanzadeh, H, Rolfe, B, Bodaghi, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0707-944X, Jamalabadi, M, Zhang, X and Zolfagharian, A, 2023. Sustainable robots 4D printing. Advanced Sustainable Systems. ISSN 2366-7486

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Abstract

Nature frequently serves as an inspiration for modern robotics innovations that emphasize secure human–machine interaction. However, the advantages of increased automation and digital technology integration conflict with the global environmental objectives. Accordingly, biodegradable soft robots have been proposed for a range of intelligent applications. Biodegradability provides soft robotics with an extraordinary functional advantage for operations involving intelligent shape transformation in response to external stimuli such as heat, pH, and light. Soft robot fabrication using conventional manufacturing techniques is inflexible, time-consuming, and labor-intensive. Recent advances in 3D and 4D printing of soft materials and multi-materials have become the key to enabling the direct manufacture of soft robotics with complex designs and functions. This review comprises a detailed survey of 3D and 4D printing advances in biodegradable soft sensors and actuators (BSSA), which serve as the most prominent parts of each robotic system. In addition, a concise overview of biodegradable materials for the fabrication of 3D-printed flexible devices with medical along with industrial applications is provided. A complete summary of current additive manufacturing techniques for BSSA is discussed in depth. Moreover, the concept of biodegradable 4D-printed soft actuators and sensors and biohybrid soft robots is reviewed.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Advanced Sustainable Systems
Creators:	Soleimanzadeh, H., Rolfe, B., Bodaghi, M., Jamalabadi, M., Zhang, X. and Zolfagharian, A.
Publisher:	Wiley
Date:	1 September 2023
ISSN:	2366-7486
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1002/adsu.202300289 DOI 1843802 Other
Rights:	© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Sustainable Systems published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	12 Dec 2023 12:33
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2023 12:33
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50524

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