Yoon, Jaeyoung Byun, Junghwan Park, Minjo Kim, Hayun Kim, Woongbae Yoon, Jinsu Cho, Kyu-Jin Hong, Yongtaek 2024-01-19T09:03:28Z 2024-01-19T09:03:28Z 2023-05-11 2023-08 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/113472 Adaptive and extreme changes in shape and configuration are the functional and morphological uniqueness of soft robots, but existing design approaches still rely on the predefined coordination of their "muscle" and "nerve" functions to produce such behaviors. Herein, a strategy is introduced for building modular soft machines that can be innervated in ways that conform to their body extension or shape changes, based on modular soft electronics. The development of soft electronic adhesive interlocking (SEAL) technology allows for instant, robust, and repeatable integration of soft electronic modules that can "innervate" and activate modular soft actuators and machines in a reconfigurable manner. Demonstrations of soft robotic tentacles and their grasping capability show that the robot function can be adapted to or reconfigured within the body with a length extended more than 10 times. The modular strategy presented herein can offer a unique promise to build up future robots with dynamic, reconfigurable functions. English Wiley Reconfigurable Innervation of Modular Soft Machines via Soft, Sticky, and Instant Electronic Adhesive Interlocking Article 10.1002/aisy.202300013 1 Advanced Intelligent Systems, v.5, no.8 Advanced Intelligent Systems 5 8 Y scie 000972802700001 Automation & Control Systems Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Robotics Automation & Control Systems Computer Science Robotics Article ROBOT FABRICATION COMPOSITES DESIGN adhesive interlocking modular soft electronics modular soft robot reconfigurable robot soft modular assembly