{"id":3262,"date":"2025-08-04T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:58:49","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%89-thrilled-to-unveil-our-latest-breakthrough-%f0%9f%8c%9f-our-paper-dual-stroke-soft-peltier-pouch-motor-based-on-pipeless-thermo-pneumatic-actuation-collaborated-by-wenchao-yue-and-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%89-thrilled-to-unveil-our-latest-breakthrough-%f0%9f%8c%9f-our-paper-dual-stroke-soft-peltier-pouch-motor-based-on-pipeless-thermo-pneumatic-actuation-collaborated-by-wenchao-yue-and-c\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf89 Thrilled to unveil our latest breakthrough! \ud83c\udf1f Our paper, &#8220;Dual-Stroke Soft Peltier Pouch Motor Based on Pipeless Thermo-Pneumatic Actuation&#8221; collaborated by WENCHAO YUE and Chengxi Bai, has been published in Advanced Engineering Materials (cover invitation)!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Soft pneumatic actuators are at the heart of soft robotics, offering reliability, safety, and flexibility. However, conventional bulky air compressors and pipes have limited their integration and lightweight design. Enter the Peltier pouch motor (PPM), a cutting-edge soft thermoelectric-based actuator that redefines possibilities in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d The PPM introduces modular and dual-stroke capabilities through active phase transition of a low-boiling-point liquid, enabling pipeless thermo-pneumatic actuation. Its lightweight and stretchable design fosters hyper-modularity, paving the way for diverse degrees-of-freedom hybrid systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 From thermo-responsive land locomotion to submersible noise-free hovering and beyond, the PPM excels in various applications, including smart curtains control, body-temperature-driven wrist rehabilitation, and adaptive hybrid gripping. Our results showcase exceptional performance metrics, highlighting high load rates (around 400%), remarkable heat transfer efficiency (heating boost 425%, cooling boost 138%), and rapid thermal response (heating 0.57\u00b0\u2009s\u22121, cooling 0.29\u00b0\u2009s\u22121 at 4.5\u2009V).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paper link: https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dPbyXHQd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">WENCHAO YUE<\/a>, Chengxi Bai, Prof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Sam, Jiewen Lai<\/a>, and Prof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/103371608\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/#\">Hongliang Ren<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 Join us on this groundbreaking journey as we push the boundaries of soft robotics with the innovative Peltier pouch motor! \ud83e\udd16\u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/v2\/D4D22AQEOpIQ-uxMoqQ\/feedshare-shrink_800\/feedshare-shrink_800\/0\/1724085859068?e=1756944000&amp;v=beta&amp;t=EQi_TiV6QiaviI0_Rr8jUo9x8-8cQ0w1_M4VuOknMsM\" alt=\"No alternative text description for this image\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udca1 Soft pneumatic actuators are at the heart of soft robotics, offering reliability, safety, and flexibility. However, conventional bulky air compressors and pipes have limited their integration and lightweight design. Enter the Peltier pouch motor (PPM), a cutting-edge soft thermoelectric-based actuator that redefines possibilities in the field. \ud83d\udd0d The PPM\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%89-thrilled-to-unveil-our-latest-breakthrough-%f0%9f%8c%9f-our-paper-dual-stroke-soft-peltier-pouch-motor-based-on-pipeless-thermo-pneumatic-actuation-collaborated-by-wenchao-yue-and-c\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[154,126,128,155,151,156],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-advancedengineeringmaterials","tag-cuhk","tag-labren","tag-peltierpouchmotor","tag-softrobotics","tag-thermopneumaticactuation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}