Mechanical, Optical, and Acoustic Metamaterials and Anisotropic Design for Dynamic Control in Actuators and Sensors
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuators for Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 392
Special Issue Editors
Interests: functional material application; tribology; vibration control; manufacturing process analysis; system engineering
Interests: intelligent mechanics/mechanical systems; design engineering/machine functional elements; tribology
Interests: ocean observation/inversion method; fiber optic sensing; piezoelectric material application
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge research on the design, modeling, fabrication, and application of mechanical metamaterials, anisotropic structures, and origami-inspired systems for dynamic control in actuators, sensors and soft robotics devices for next generation functional material integration with structures for realizing high value-added systems.
The primary focus is on how engineered periodic unit cells, graded lattices, nonlinear oscillators, and foldable structures enable the precise tuning of stiffness, vibration modes, and damping characteristics, leading to innovative dynamic functionalities.
To broaden the scope while maintaining a cohesive theme, contributions on any functional materials (such as piezoelectrical and shape memory materials), whether they be optical, acoustic, or micro/nano-fabricated metamaterials, that incorporate anisotropic design or dynamic vibration control principles are also welcome, provided they align with the central concept of dynamic property tuning through engineered structures.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Anisotropic and graded mechanical metamaterials for vibration, shock, and energy dissipation control.
- Origami and kirigami structures for deployable and adaptive actuators and soft robotic systems.
- 3D printing and additive manufacturing techniques for metamaterial fabrication and optimization.
- MEMS/NEMS-based mechanical, optical, and acoustic metamaterials for actuators.
- Theoretical modeling and experimental validation of dynamic nonlinear/metamaterial behavior.
- Applications various multidisciplinary fields such as in soft robotics, aerospace, ocean monitoring, micro assembly, manufacturing, biomedical devices.
We invite original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and case studies that explore innovative materials, designs, and systems to advance dynamic performance and multifunctionality in actuators and soft robotics.
Dr. Yasu Sakai
Prof. Dr. Tomohisa Tanaka
Dr. Xinyi Xie
Dr. Koki Jimbo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mechanical metamaterials
- anisotropic design
- dynamic control
- actuators and actuators
- soft robotics
- functional materials
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