Exley Trevor, Hays Emilly, Johnson Daniel, Moridani Arian, Motati Ramya, Jafari Amir
Advanced Robotic Manipulators (ARM) Lab, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
Robot Rep. 2024 Jan 1;2(1):15-28. doi: 10.1089/rorep.2023.0023. Epub 2024 Jan 18.
Soft robotics is a rapidly growing field that spans the fields of chemistry, materials science, and engineering. Due to the diverse background of the field, there have been contrasting naming schemes such as "intelligent," "smart," and "adaptive" materials, which add vagueness to the broad innovation among literature. Therefore, a clear, functional, and descriptive naming scheme is proposed in which a previously vague name--can remain clear and concise-. By synthesizing the working principle, material, and application into a naming scheme, the searchability of soft robotics can be enhanced and applied to other fields. The field of thermo-active soft actuators spans multiple domains and requires added clarity. Thermo-active actuators have potential for a variety of applications spanning virtual reality haptics to assistive devices. This review offers a comprehensive guide to selecting the type of thermo-active actuator when one has an application in mind. In addition, it discusses future directions and improvements that are necessary for implementation.
软体机器人技术是一个快速发展的领域，涵盖化学、材料科学和工程等领域。由于该领域背景多样，出现了诸如“智能”“灵巧”和“自适应”材料等相互矛盾的命名方案，这给文献中的广泛创新增添了模糊性。因此，提出了一种清晰、实用且具有描述性的命名方案，在此方案中，一个先前模糊的名称可以保持清晰简洁。通过将工作原理、材料和应用综合到一个命名方案中，可以提高软体机器人技术的可搜索性，并应用于其他领域。热活性软致动器领域跨越多个领域，需要更清晰的界定。热活性致动器在从虚拟现实触觉到辅助设备等各种应用中都有潜力。这篇综述为在有特定应用需求时选择热活性致动器的类型提供了全面指南。此外，它还讨论了实施所需的未来方向和改进措施。
