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Small-scale soft robots are enhanced with multimodal functionalities for sensing and interaction. Fabrication methods enable integration of diverse stimuli responses, improving adaptability in complex environments.

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  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

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  • Small-scale soft robots offer safety and tolerance due to their compliant structures.
  • Increasing demands require enhanced functionalities like sensing and real-time feedback in complex scenarios.
  • Fabrication and integration challenges include material selection and robust interfaces for soft bodies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate methods for fabricating structural soft bodies.
  • To explore strategies for integrating functional modules into small-scale soft robots.
  • To develop soft robots with enhanced perceptual capabilities and multimodal functionalities.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized templating, 3D printing, transfer printing, and swelling techniques.
  • Fabricated structural soft bodies with integrated functional modules.
  • Endowed robots with perceptual capabilities for light, heat, magnetism, and force stimuli.

Main Results:

  • Successfully developed small-scale soft robots with integrated sensing capabilities.
  • Demonstrated multimodal functionalities for sensing diverse stimuli.
  • Achieved robust interfaces between functional modules and highly deformable soft bodies.

Conclusions:

  • The integration of sensing and functionalities significantly enhances soft robot agility and adaptability.
  • Developed methods facilitate the creation of versatile small-scale soft robots.
  • These advancements are applicable to smart manufacturing, medical surgery, biomimetics, and interdisciplinary sciences.