{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4317383329","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/robio55434.2022.10011742","title":"Thermal Casting for Monolithic Soft Actuators","display_name":"Thermal Casting for Monolithic Soft Actuators","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-12-05","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4317383329","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/robio55434.2022.10011742"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/robio55434.2022.10011742","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/robio55434.2022.10011742","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363607789","display_name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075052305","display_name":"Wang Huacen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0195-9243"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3045169105","display_name":"Southern University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/049tv2d57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Huacen Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human-Augmentation and Rehabilitation Robotics in Universities,Shenzhen,China,518055","Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human-Augmentation and Rehabilitation Robotics in Universities,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101098664","display_name":"Boyu Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6289-9336"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3045169105","display_name":"Southern University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/049tv2d57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Boyu Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001579879","display_name":"Junling Mei","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3045169105","display_name":"Southern University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/049tv2d57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Junling Mei","raw_affiliation_strings":["Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008078632","display_name":"Yujin Dai","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3045169105","display_name":"Southern University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/049tv2d57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yujin Dai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030943904","display_name":"Yixuan Xia","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3045169105","display_name":"Southern University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/049tv2d57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yixuan Xia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100757641","display_name":"Hongqiang Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7286-7514"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210106122","display_name":"Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)","ror":"https://ror.org/00y7mag53","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210106122"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3045169105","display_name":"Southern University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/049tv2d57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hongqiang Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human-Augmentation and Rehabilitation Robotics in Universities,Shenzhen,China,518055","Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055","Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human-Augmentation and Rehabilitation Robotics in Universities,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering,Shenzhen,China,518055","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210106122"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5075052305"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.33569704,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"2063","last_page":"2068"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10868","display_name":"Soft Robotics and Applications","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10868","display_name":"Soft Robotics and Applications","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11486","display_name":"Micro and Nano Robotics","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3104","display_name":"Condensed Matter Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10338","display_name":"Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials","score":0.9973999857902527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soft-robotics","display_name":"Soft robotics","score":0.905175507068634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/actuator","display_name":"Actuator","score":0.7511762380599976},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/elastomer","display_name":"Elastomer","score":0.6632390022277832},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robotics","display_name":"Robotics","score":0.594907283782959},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fabrication","display_name":"Fabrication","score":0.5934353470802307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/casting","display_name":"Casting","score":0.5679595470428467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/materials-science","display_name":"Materials science","score":0.5521529912948608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soft-materials","display_name":"Soft materials","score":0.48509180545806885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.4723687767982483},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mechanical-engineering","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","score":0.4709663689136505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.42909806966781616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.34459787607192993},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.2379615604877472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nanotechnology","display_name":"Nanotechnology","score":0.2243538796901703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/composite-material","display_name":"Composite material","score":0.2030622661113739}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776058767","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24327151","display_name":"Soft robotics","level":3,"score":0.905175507068634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172707124","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423488","display_name":"Actuator","level":2,"score":0.7511762380599976},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38052585","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252266","display_name":"Elastomer","level":2,"score":0.6632390022277832},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34413123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170978","display_name":"Robotics","level":3,"score":0.594907283782959},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136525101","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5428139","display_name":"Fabrication","level":3,"score":0.5934353470802307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16635281","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q496098","display_name":"Casting","level":2,"score":0.5679595470428467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.5521529912948608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2982836594","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902144","display_name":"Soft materials","level":2,"score":0.48509180545806885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.4723687767982483},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.4709663689136505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.42909806966781616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.34459787607192993},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.2379615604877472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171250308","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11468","display_name":"Nanotechnology","level":1,"score":0.2243538796901703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.2030622661113739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204787440","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188504","display_name":"Alternative medicine","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/robio55434.2022.10011742","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/robio55434.2022.10011742","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363607789","display_name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6600000262260437,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8708854833","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"52275021,2020A1515010955,ZDSYS20200811143601004,2021-KF-22-11,K19313901","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1900860620","https://openalex.org/W1965083918","https://openalex.org/W1984187759","https://openalex.org/W1994494107","https://openalex.org/W2025613329","https://openalex.org/W2047930255","https://openalex.org/W2054628872","https://openalex.org/W2149165496","https://openalex.org/W2154770132","https://openalex.org/W2163566443","https://openalex.org/W2507460368","https://openalex.org/W2519437300","https://openalex.org/W2625731136","https://openalex.org/W2754014734","https://openalex.org/W2791689232","https://openalex.org/W2984784701","https://openalex.org/W2987068209","https://openalex.org/W3003482660","https://openalex.org/W3089524663","https://openalex.org/W3134259965","https://openalex.org/W3147974095","https://openalex.org/W3188556127","https://openalex.org/W3193353607","https://openalex.org/W3205336907","https://openalex.org/W3214085073","https://openalex.org/W4211080956","https://openalex.org/W4224084185","https://openalex.org/W4226020097","https://openalex.org/W4255466541","https://openalex.org/W4285149089","https://openalex.org/W4288052587","https://openalex.org/W4293503605"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3112293155","https://openalex.org/W3134474396","https://openalex.org/W4211124276","https://openalex.org/W4213066075","https://openalex.org/W1515749184","https://openalex.org/W4367041227","https://openalex.org/W2806506062","https://openalex.org/W4285221039","https://openalex.org/W4312473168","https://openalex.org/W4312269480"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Soft":[0],"robotics":[1,38,111],"has":[2],"significantly":[3],"impacted":[4],"many":[5],"fields":[6],"in":[7],"the":[8,19,61,69,75,78,92],"last":[9],"decades.":[10],"However,":[11],"their":[12],"current":[13,63],"fabrication":[14,33],"methodologies":[15],"are":[16],"limited":[17,22],"by":[18],"assemble":[20],"complexity,":[21],"materials,":[23],"or":[24],"long":[25],"duration.":[26],"A":[27],"monolithic":[28],"thermal":[29,70],"casting":[30],"method":[31,89],"for":[32,98],"of":[34,77,95],"elastomer":[35],"and":[36,56,64,72],"soft":[37,57,96,110],"based":[39],"on":[40],"thermoset":[41],"polymer":[42],"is":[43],"introduced.":[44],"In":[45],"this":[46,88,102],"work,":[47],"we":[48,66],"used":[49],"simple":[50],"heating":[51,62],"cores":[52],"to":[53,82,108],"manufacture":[54],"elastomers":[55],"actuators.":[58],"By":[59],"controlling":[60],"duration,":[65],"can":[67,90],"adjust":[68],"field":[71],"consequently":[73],"change":[74],"configuration":[76],"generated":[79],"elastomer.":[80],"Due":[81],"its":[83],"short":[84],"duration":[85],"(several":[86],"minutes),":[87],"benefit":[91],"mass":[93],"production":[94],"robots":[97],"high":[99],"efficiency.":[100],"Also,":[101],"work":[103],"offers":[104],"a":[105],"new":[106],"way":[107],"design":[109],"without":[112],"complex":[113],"molds.":[114]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2025-12-23T23:11:35.936235","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}