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Review
. 2023 Oct 26:10:1202584.
doi: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1202584. eCollection 2023.

A review on self-healing featured soft robotics

Md Ariful Islam  1 , Labanya Talukder  1 , Md Firoj Al  1 , Subrata K Sarker  1 , S M Muyeen  2 , Prangon Das  1 , Md Mehedi Hasan  1 , Sajal K Das  1 , Md Manirul Islam  1 , Md Robiul Islam  1 , Sumaya Ishrat Moyeen  1 , Faisal R Badal  1 , Md Hafiz Ahamed  1 , Sarafat Hussain Abhi  1
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Review

A review on self-healing featured soft robotics

Md Ariful Islam et al. Front Robot AI. .

Abstract

Soft robots are becoming more popular because they can solve issues stiff robots cannot. Soft component and system design have seen several innovations recently. Next-generation robot-human interactions will depend on soft robotics. Soft material technologies integrate safety at the material level, speeding its integration with biological systems. Soft robotic systems must be as resilient as biological systems in unexpected, uncontrolled situations. Self-healing materials, especially polymeric and elastomeric ones, are widely studied. Since most currently under-development soft robotic systems are composed of polymeric or elastomeric materials, this finding may provide immediate assistance to the community developing soft robots. Self-healing and damage-resilient systems are making their way into actuators, structures, and sensors, even if soft robotics remains in its infancy. In the future, self-repairing soft robotic systems composed of polymers might save both money and the environment. Over the last decade, academics and businesses have grown interested in soft robotics. Despite several literature evaluations of the soft robotics subject, there seems to be a lack of systematic research on its intellectual structure and development despite the rising number of articles. This article gives an in-depth overview of the existing knowledge base on damage resistance and self-healing materials' fundamental structure and classifications. Current uses, problems with future implementation, and solutions to those problems are all included in this overview. Also discussed are potential applications and future directions for self-repairing soft robots.

Keywords: dielectric elastomer actuator; extrinsic; hydrogel; intrinsic; self-healing; soft actuator; soft robotics; wearable robots.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

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SH soft robotics.
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Materials and degrees of freedom-based robot categorization. Empty sets are indicated by hatching.
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Structured flow of Self-Healing Soft Robotic System.
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Classification of SH polymer.
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A summary of Dynamic covalent chemical bonds and Non-covalent physical interactions used in the self-healing polymer mechanism.
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Self-healing by Encapsulation mechanism.
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