Robotic Systems and Autonomous Platforms

Section A Actuation1. Manipulation, assembling, and actuation of nanomotors by electric tweezersDonglei (Emma) Fan2. Artificial muscle logic devices for autonomous local controlE.-F. Markus Henke, Katherine E. Wilson, Geoffrey A. Slipher, Randy A. Mrozek, Iain A. Anderson3. Hygromorphic living materials for shape changingLining Yao Section B Mobility4. Fluid-driven intrinsically soft robotsRobert Shepherd, Kirstin Petersen5. Designing Proteus: Engineering form and function for microroboticsRemmi Baker, Allan M. Brooks, Ayusman Sen6. Physics approaches to natural locomotion: Every robot is an experimentYasemin Ozkan Aydin, Jennifer M. Rieser, Christian M. Hubicki, William Savoie, Daniel I. Goldman7. Robotic colloids: Engineered self-propulsion at the microscale (and smaller)Jeffrey L. Moran Section C Control Theory and Algorithms - Logic and Proxy Electronic Functions - Algorithmic Materials8. Soft timer: Dynamic clock embedded in soft bodyKohei Nakajima, Tao Li, Nozomi Akashi9. Algorithmic materials: Embedding computation within material properties for autonomyAna Pervan, Todd Murphey10. Achieving self-sustained motion of particles in solution with chemical pumpsOleg E. Shklyaev, Henry Shum, Anna C. Balazs11. Topology optimization for robotics applicationsRaymond Wildman, Andrew Gaynor Section D Integration12. Robotic materials for robot autonomyNikolaus Correl13. 3D printed electronic materials and devicesRuitao Su, Sung Hyun Park, Zhaohan Li, Michael C. McAlpine14. Additive manufacturing of soft robotsS. Walker, O.D. Yirmibesoglu, U. Daalkhaijav, Y. Menguc15. Synthetic cells, or colloidal state machines, with two-dimensional materialsJingfan Yang, Volodymyr B. Koman, Pingwei Liu, Tianxian Liu, Michael S. Strano Section E Energy16. Energy harvesting techniques mediated by molecular interactions with nanostructured carbon materialsAlbert Tianxiang Liu, Ge Zhang, Michael S. Strano17. Mechanics of fluid-elastomer systems in soft roboticsCarmel Majidi18. Structural power, energy, actuation, and mobility in intelligently directed systems enabled from nanocrystalline metalsAnit K. Giri, Kristopher A. Darling, Shawn M. Walsh Section F Novel Robotics as Material Platforms19. Materials design for robotic platforms enabling unique mechanisms of projectile protectionPingwei Liu, Michael S. Strano20. The confluence of intelligent agents and materials to enable protection of humans in extreme and dangerous environmentsShawn M. Walsh, Daniel M. Baechle21 Super materials and robots making robots: Challenges and opportunities in robotic building at the microstructural levelRon Pelrine