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Recent Development of Jumping Motions Based on Soft Actuators |
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| Authors: | Jingjing Li Kaiqing Yu Ge Wang Wenhui Gu Zhigang Xia Xiang Zhou Zunfeng Liu |
| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430200 China;2. State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350 China
Contribution: Formal analysis (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal);3. State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350 China Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal);4. State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430200 China Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal);5. Department of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211198 China;6. State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350 China |
| Abstract: | Drawing inspiration from the jumping motions of living creatures in nature, jumping robots have emerged as a promising research field over the past few decades due to great application potential in interstellar exploration, military reconnaissance, and life rescue missions. Early reviews mainly focused on jumping robots made of lightweight and rigid materials with mechanical components, concentrating on jumping control and stability. Herein, attention is paid to the jumping mechanisms of soft actuators assembled from various soft smarting materials and powered by different stimulus sources. The challenges and prospects of soft jumping actuators are also discussed. It is hoped that this review will contribute to the further development of soft jumping actuators and broaden their practical applications. |
| Keywords: | jumping actuators mechanisms soft robotics stimuli |