The recent advances in additive manufacturing techniques, in particular three -dimensional (3D) printing and four -dimensional printing (4D) have made the production of different parts of robots, including sensors and highly multifunctionality, compliance and flexibility in conventional approaches. On the basis of a pre-programmed architecture which often inspires biological structures, 4D printed robots and soft robots are adaptive mechanisms responding to external stimuli, such as temperature, strength, electricity, light and humidity made with composites based on polymer. They can be applied in a wide range of applications in medical assisted robots, automobile, aerospace, microfluidic, tissue engineering, delivery of medicines and portable electronics. The design and prediction of the behavior and control of these products are still a complex problem requiring multiphysical formulation where automatic learning and in -depth learning techniques have been promising.
This research subject aims to promote the dissemination of recent advances in the additive manufacturing of soft robots, including sensors, actuators, energy generators, morphology control and new design strategies (automatic learning / in -depth learning).
The research subject creates a forum for research contributions covering a wide range of subjects ranging from computer and experimental research to hybrid approaches in the research and development of advanced robotics and additive manufacturing technologies. All researchers are invited to contribute to this research subject with their original research articles, their short communications and their articles.
4D -printed soft robots, sensor and actuators
• 4D printing of bio -time design
• Polymers, hydrogels and polyyelectrolytes sensitive to stimuli
• 4D printing and 4D biopritation of soft robots
• Intelligent materials in flexible robotics and additive manufacturing
• Modeling and control of 4D printed structures
• Automatic learning, learning to strengthen and deep learning models for the design of 3D / 4D printed robots
Keywords: 4D printing, 3D printing, sweet robotics, sensors, actuators
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