Robotic Systems and Autonomous Platforms

Section A Actuation 1. Manipulation, assembling, and actuation of nanomotors by electric tweezers Donglei (Emma) Fan 2. Artificial muscle logic devices for autonomous local control E.-F. Markus Henke, Katherine E. Wilson, Geoffrey A. Slipher, Randy A. Mrozek, Iain A. Anderson 3. Hygromorphic living materials for shape changing Lining YaoSection B Mobility 4. Fluid-driven intrinsically soft robots Robert Shepherd, Kirstin Petersen 5. Designing Proteus: Engineering form and function for microrobotics Remmi Baker, Allan M. Brooks, Ayusman Sen 6. Physics approaches to natural locomotion: Every robot is an experiment Yasemin Ozkan Aydin, Jennifer M. Rieser, Christian M. Hubicki, William Savoie, Daniel I. Goldman 7. Robotic colloids: Engineered self-propulsion at the microscale (and smaller) Jeffrey L. MoranSection C Control Theory and Algorithms - Logic and Proxy Electronic Functions - Algorithmic Materials 8. Soft timer: Dynamic clock embedded in soft body KoheiNakajima, Tao Li, Nozomi Akashi 9. Algorithmic materials: Embedding computation within material properties for autonomy Ana Pervan, Todd Murphey 10. Achieving self-sustained motion of particles in solution with chemical pumps Oleg E. Shklyaev, Henry Shum, Anna C. Balazs 11. Topology optimization for robotics applications Raymond Wildman, Andrew GaynorSection D Integration 12. Robotic materials for robot autonomy Nikolaus Correl 13. 3D printed electronic materials and devices Ruitao Su, Sung Hyun Park, Zhaohan Li, Michael C. McAlpine 14. Additive manufacturing of soft robots S. Walker, O.D. Yirmibesoglu, U. Daalkhaijav, Y. Menguc 15. Synthetic cells, or colloidal state machines, with two-dimensional materials Jingfan Yang, Volodymyr B. Koman, Pingwei Liu, Tianxian Liu, Michael S. StranoSection E Energy 16. Energy harvesting techniques mediated by molecular interactions with nanostructured carbon materials Albert Tianxiang Liu, Ge Zhang, Michael S. Strano 17. Mechanics of fluid-elastomer systems in soft robotics