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Fundamental Modes of Swimming Correspond to Fundamental Modes of Shape: Engineering I‐, U‐, and S‐Shaped Swimmers by Sharan, Priyanka, Maslen, Charlie, Altunkeyik, Berk, Rehor, Ivan, Simmchen, Juliane, Montenegro-Johnson, Thomas D.

“…Hydrogels have received increased attention due to their biocompatible material properties, adjustable porosity, ease of functionalization, tuneable shape, and…”
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Hydrogel Microrobots Self‐Assembled into Ordered Structures with Programmable Actuation by Kropacek, Jindrich, Maslen, Charlie, van Dijk, Bertjan, Iniguez-Rabago, Agustin, Overvelde, Johannes T.B., Zubov, Alexandr, Vrba, Jan, Cigler, Petr, Stepanek, Frantisek, Rehor, Ivan

“…Sub‐millimeter robots—microrobots—that can autonomously perform mechanical work at the microscale would radically change new areas of human activity such as…”
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A New Class of Single‐Material, Non‐Reciprocal Microactuators by Maslen, Charlie, Gholamipour‐Shirazi, Azarmidokht, Butler, Matthew D., Kropacek, Jindrich, Rehor, Ivan, Montenegro‐Johnson, Thomas

“…A crucial component in designing soft actuating structures with controllable shape changes is programming internal, mismatching stresses. In this work, a new…”
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An automated platform for assembling light-powered hydrogel microrobots and their subsequent chemical binding by Vrba, Jan, Maslen, Charlie, Maxova, Jana, Duras, Jan, Rehor, Ivan, Mares, Jan

“…This paper presents light powered hydrogel microrobots (100μm), that are directed to specific locations in their environment by an automated platform. The…”
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Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation by Rehor, Ivan, Maslen, Charlie, Moerman, Pepijn G, van Ravensteijn, Bas G P, van Alst, Renee, Groenewold, Jan, Eral, Huseyin Burak, Kegel, Willem K

“…Mimicking the locomotive abilities of living organisms on the microscale, where the downsizing of rigid parts and circuitry presents inherent problems, is a…”
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