3D Printing Hydrogel-Based Soft and Biohybrid Actuators: A Mini-Review on Fabrication Techniques, Applications, and Challenges

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels are candidate building blocks for soft robotic applications due to many of their unique properties, including tunable mechanical properties and biocompatibility. Over the past decade, there has been significant progress in developing soft and biohybrid actuators using na...

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Main Authors: Wenhuan Sun, Saul Schaffer, Kevin Dai, Lining Yao, Adam Feinberg, Victoria Webster-Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.673533/full