Bioinspired, piezoelectrically-actuated deployable miniature robots

IF 31.6 1区材料科学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI:10.1016/j.mser.2025.101054

Hongyi Liu , Jinxin Sun , Yanhu Zhang , Yi Zhang , Chen Chen , Penghong Ci , Shuxiang Dong

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Abstract

The continuous breakthroughs in flexible and intelligent materials have paved the way for flexible devices, which further promote the fast development of flexible, intelligent mini robots. This review systematically investigates the progress of the bioinspired, piezoelectrically actuated deployable miniature robots (BPDMRs), including their structures integrated with piezoelectric materials, bionic working mechanisms and multifunctional control method, manufacturing technology, and application scenarios etc., which have become a research hotspot in the area of microscale robotics. The BPDMRs exhibit the features of flexible, intelligent, and deployable structures, including naturally imitated structures, bioinspired functional structures, and origami structures; while their working mechanisms mainly imitate biological behaviors or biologically inspired motion fashions, including their motion control, energy transmission, implementation functions etc. This review also highlights insights and designing strategy of piezo-actuated robots, the advanced manufacturing technology, and future developing direction. Despite facing technological challenges in enhancing energy efficiency, improving adaptability in extreme environments, and multifunctional integrated control systems, BPDMRs offer promising prospects in the future in performing tasks in special environments, including danger industrial reconnaissance, environmental pollution monitoring, earthquake hazard rescue and survey, and other extreme environment investigations, etc.

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仿生，压电驱动可展开的微型机器人

柔性和智能材料的不断突破为柔性器件铺平了道路，进一步推动了柔性、智能微型机器人的快速发展。本文系统介绍了仿生压电驱动可展开微型机器人（BPDMRs）的研究进展，包括压电材料集成结构、仿生工作机理和多功能控制方法、制造技术和应用场景等，已成为微尺度机器人领域的研究热点。BPDMRs具有灵活、智能和可展开结构的特征，包括自然模仿结构、仿生功能结构和折纸结构；而它们的工作机制主要是模仿生物行为或受生物启发的运动方式，包括运动控制、能量传递、执行功能等。综述了压电驱动机器人的研究现状、设计策略、先进制造技术和未来发展方向。尽管在提高能效、提高极端环境适应性和多功能综合控制系统等方面面临技术挑战，但BPDMRs在执行特殊环境任务，包括危险工业侦察、环境污染监测、地震灾害救援与调查以及其他极端环境调查等方面具有广阔的前景。

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Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 工程技术-材料科学：综合

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60.50

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0.30%

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审稿时长

34 days

期刊介绍： Materials Science & Engineering R: Reports is a journal that covers a wide range of topics in the field of materials science and engineering. It publishes both experimental and theoretical research papers, providing background information and critical assessments on various topics. The journal aims to publish high-quality and novel research papers and reviews. The subject areas covered by the journal include Materials Science (General), Electronic Materials, Optical Materials, and Magnetic Materials. In addition to regular issues, the journal also publishes special issues on key themes in the field of materials science, including Energy Materials, Materials for Health, Materials Discovery, Innovation for High Value Manufacturing, and Sustainable Materials development.