College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2022 Mar;9(8):e2104347. doi: 10.1002/advs.202104347. Epub 2022 Jan 24.
Research field of soft robotics develops exponentially since it opens up many imaginations, such as human-interactive robot, wearable robots, and transformable robots in unpredictable environments. Wet environments such as sea and in vivo represent dynamic and unstructured environments that adaptive soft robots can reach their potentials. Recent progresses in soft hybridized robotics performing tasks underwater herald a diversity of interactive soft robotics in wet environments. Here, the development of soft robots in wet environments is reviewed. The authors recapitulate biomimetic inspirations, recent advances in soft matter materials, representative fabrication techniques, system integration, and exemplary functions for underwater soft robots. The authors consider the key challenges the field faces in engineering material, software, and hardware that can bring highly intelligent soft robots into real world.
软机器人研究领域自开放以来呈指数级发展,例如人机交互机器人、可穿戴机器人和可变形机器人在不可预测的环境中。湿环境,如海洋和体内,代表着自适应软机器人可以发挥潜力的动态和非结构化环境。在水下执行任务的软混合机器人的最新进展预示着各种交互式软机器人在湿环境中的应用。本文综述了软机器人在湿环境中的发展。作者回顾了仿生灵感、软物质材料的最新进展、有代表性的制造技术、系统集成以及水下软机器人的典型功能。作者考虑了该领域在工程材料、软件和硬件方面面临的关键挑战,这些挑战将使高度智能的软机器人进入现实世界。