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    • Soft Robotics
    • Materials Science
    • Nanotechnology

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    • Light-responsive micromachines offer localized actuation and remote control for soft robotics.
    • Challenges exist in achieving low actuation thresholds, rapid responses, and complex deformations in light-driven micromechanical structures.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a single-material dual-3D printing strategy for fabricating advanced light-responsive smart actuators.
    • To overcome limitations in current light-driven micromechanical structures.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized two-photon polymerization direct laser writing (TPP-DLW) technology.
    • Incorporated polydopamine nanoparticles into a hydrogel for photothermal conversion.
    • Employed a dual-3D printing strategy for nanoscale control over voxel distribution and density, creating asymmetric crosslinking networks.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully fabricated light-responsive micro-crab claws mimicking natural appendage movements.
    • Developed humanoid micromachines capable of multi-degree-of-freedom 'dancing' motions.
    • Demonstrated precise nanoscale control over material properties for complex deformations.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed dual-3D printing strategy enables the creation of sophisticated light-responsive smart actuators.
    • This approach offers significant potential for diverse applications in micro-robotics and beyond.
    • The developed micomachines showcase complex, biomimetic movements driven by light stimuli.