Functional Fibers and Fabrics for Soft Robotics, Wearables, and Human–Robot Interface

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 33; no. 19; pp. e2002640 - n/a
• Main Authors: Xiong, Jiaqing, Chen, Jian, Lee, Pooi See
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Actuators; Artificial muscles; Automation; Electronic components; Energy harvesting; Fabrics; Fibers; fibers/fabrics; Human motion; Manufacturing engineering; Materials science; power sources; Review; Reviews; Robot dynamics; Robotics; Robots; sensors; Skin; Soft robotics; Stimuli; Wearable technology; power sources; actuators; sensors; fibers/fabrics; soft robotics

Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe interactions with human. With the emerging wearable electronics, higher tactility and skin affinity are pursued for saf...