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The 27 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on ""Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers"". The papers are conveniently arranged into the chapters: 1: Materials; 2: Analysis, physical mechanisms and characterization; 3: Devices and applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, ""Advances in Science and Technology"" Vol. 61.

Smart materials --- Smart structures --- Artificial muscle actuators --- Electroactive polymers --- CIMTEC --- Smart materials - Congresses --- Smart structures - Congresses

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This reprint contains a collection of state-of-the-art reviews and original research articles from leaders in the field of 3D/4D printing. It focuses on 3D/4D printing materials with novel and/or advanced functionalities, novel applications of 3DP material, and material synthesis and characterization techniques.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Materials science --- 3D printing --- additive manufacturing --- dental forceps --- CFR (continuous fiber reinforcement) --- fatigue test --- mechanical testing --- composite --- carbon --- scanning electron microscopy --- polyphenylsulfone --- PPSF --- fire-resistant --- aircraft interior --- selective laser sintering --- direct writing --- PVC gel --- artificial muscle --- rheological behavior --- integrated printing --- 4D printing --- fused deposition modelling --- stereolithography --- polymers --- FEM --- FDM --- microstructure behavior --- linear analysis --- RVE --- polyimide --- aerogels --- chemical smoothing --- vapor smoothing --- PVB --- carbon fiber mold --- polylactic acid --- sound reflection --- excitation frequency --- porosity --- 3D printing technique --- thickness --- air gap --- FluidFM --- microstructures --- nanostructures --- biofunctionalization --- mechanical properties --- scanning probe lithography --- copper complex --- photocomposite --- LED --- laser write --- free radical photopolymerization --- bio-inspired spider silks --- adjustable mechanical properties --- shape morphing --- stimulus response --- 3D printing --- additive manufacturing --- dental forceps --- CFR (continuous fiber reinforcement) --- fatigue test --- mechanical testing --- composite --- carbon --- scanning electron microscopy --- polyphenylsulfone --- PPSF --- fire-resistant --- aircraft interior --- selective laser sintering --- direct writing --- PVC gel --- artificial muscle --- rheological behavior --- integrated printing --- 4D printing --- fused deposition modelling --- stereolithography --- polymers --- FEM --- FDM --- microstructure behavior --- linear analysis --- RVE --- polyimide --- aerogels --- chemical smoothing --- vapor smoothing --- PVB --- carbon fiber mold --- polylactic acid --- sound reflection --- excitation frequency --- porosity --- 3D printing technique --- thickness --- air gap --- FluidFM --- microstructures --- nanostructures --- biofunctionalization --- mechanical properties --- scanning probe lithography --- copper complex --- photocomposite --- LED --- laser write --- free radical photopolymerization --- bio-inspired spider silks --- adjustable mechanical properties --- shape morphing --- stimulus response

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This SI presents the latest achievements, challenges and prospects for drives, actuators, sensors, controls and robot navigation with reverse validation and applications in the field of industrial automation and robotics. Automation, supported by robotics, can effectively speed up and improve production. The industrialization of complex mechatronic components, especially robots, requires a large number of special processes already in the pre-production stage provided by modelling and simulation. This area of research from the very beginning includes drives, process technology, actuators, sensors, control systems and all connections in mechatronic systems. Automation and robotics form broad-spectrum areas of research, which are tightly interconnected. To reduce costs in the pre-production stage and to reduce production preparation time, it is necessary to solve complex tasks in the form of simulation with the use of standard software products and new technologies that allow, for example, machine vision and other imaging tools to examine new physical contexts, dependencies and connections.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- underground robots --- automation in mines --- remote control --- autonomous underground machinery --- robotic manipulator --- identification --- calibration --- Jacobian --- workcell layout detection --- QR code detection --- adaptive thresholding --- finder pattern --- perspective transformation --- smart buildings --- shared sensory system --- surveillance system --- localization --- marker detection --- manipulation --- design --- analytical calculation --- numerical analysis --- manipulation platform --- 3D deformable object --- grasping --- robust manipulation --- robot hand --- Matlab --- CoppeliaSim Edu --- V-Rep --- SolidWorks --- kinematics --- inverse kinematics (IK) --- manufacturing technology --- modular robots --- coordinate transformation --- industrial robot --- renishaw Ballbar QC20–W --- positional analysis --- measurement --- visual semantic SLAM --- semantic segmentation --- FPGA --- hardware acceleration --- mobile robots --- automated machining --- milling strategies --- geometrical tolerances --- assisted assembly --- mixed reality --- collaborative robot --- digital twin --- convolutional neural networks --- planar robotic arm --- pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) --- gravity test --- dynamic model --- validation --- optimization --- trust region algorithm --- chimney --- cleaning --- in-pipe robot --- pneumatic actuator --- simulation --- pre-identification --- least squares method --- instrumental variable method --- robotics --- sensor --- antagonistic system --- pneumatic artificial muscles --- function --- model --- trajectory planning method --- hexapod robots --- legged robots --- triangle gait --- automation --- drives --- actuators --- sensors --- diagnostics --- holography --- virtual instrumentation --- control systems --- robot navigation --- reverse validation --- trajectory control --- underground robots --- automation in mines --- remote control --- autonomous underground machinery --- robotic manipulator --- identification --- calibration --- Jacobian --- workcell layout detection --- QR code detection --- adaptive thresholding --- finder pattern --- perspective transformation --- smart buildings --- shared sensory system --- surveillance system --- localization --- marker detection --- manipulation --- design --- analytical calculation --- numerical analysis --- manipulation platform --- 3D deformable object --- grasping --- robust manipulation --- robot hand --- Matlab --- CoppeliaSim Edu --- V-Rep --- SolidWorks --- kinematics --- inverse kinematics (IK) --- manufacturing technology --- modular robots --- coordinate transformation --- industrial robot --- renishaw Ballbar QC20–W --- positional analysis --- measurement --- visual semantic SLAM --- semantic segmentation --- FPGA --- hardware acceleration --- mobile robots --- automated machining --- milling strategies --- geometrical tolerances --- assisted assembly --- mixed reality --- collaborative robot --- digital twin --- convolutional neural networks --- planar robotic arm --- pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) --- gravity test --- dynamic model --- validation --- optimization --- trust region algorithm --- chimney --- cleaning --- in-pipe robot --- pneumatic actuator --- simulation --- pre-identification --- least squares method --- instrumental variable method --- robotics --- sensor --- antagonistic system --- pneumatic artificial muscles --- function --- model --- trajectory planning method --- hexapod robots --- legged robots --- triangle gait --- automation --- drives --- actuators --- sensors --- diagnostics --- holography --- virtual instrumentation --- control systems --- robot navigation --- reverse validation --- trajectory control

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This book collects the articles published in the Special Issue “Polymeric Materials: Surfaces, Interfaces and Bioapplications”. It shows the advances in polymeric materials, which have tremendous applications in agricultural films, food packaging, dental restoration, antimicrobial systems, and tissue engineering. These polymeric materials are presented as films, coatings, particles, fibers, hydrogels, or networks. The potential to modify and modulate their surfaces or their content by different techniques, such as click chemistry, ozonation, breath figures, wrinkle formation, or electrospray, are also explained, taking into account the relationship between the structure and properties in the final application. Moreover, new trends in the development of such materials are presented, using more environmental friendly and safe methods, which, at the same time, have a high impact on our society.

Artificial muscle --- chitosan --- graphene oxide --- antifouling coatings --- tissue engineering --- biodegradable --- polymer cross-linking --- UV/ozone --- inmiscibility --- bioapplications --- antibacterial --- polypropylene --- degradation --- protein-repellent polymer --- micro- and nanopatterned films --- oral biofilms --- bio-based --- composite films --- stimuli-responsive materials/smart surfaces --- surface modification/functionalization --- caries inhibition --- superhydrophobic --- blends --- nanosecond laser surface modification --- biofouling --- degenerative disc disease --- surface-attached polymer network --- total disc replacement --- surface wettability --- bonding agents --- polydimethylsiloxane --- natural biofilms --- Electrical stimulation --- microparticles --- hemicelluloses --- superhydrophilic --- fossil --- surface segregation --- honeycomb --- prolonged drug release --- hydrogel --- conformational entropy --- Electroactive biomaterials --- antimicrobial --- ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) --- intervertebral disc --- calcium chloride --- sustainable --- biodegradable polymers --- friction and wear --- Drug delivery --- alginate modification --- breath figures --- spinal fusion --- blends and (nano)composites --- composites --- antimicrobial polymer --- periodontal pathogens --- polymeric composites --- scaffolds --- corn stalk fiber --- worn surface morphology --- irradiance --- friction composite --- antimicrobial coatings --- gradient wrinkles --- porous surfaces --- Electrically conductive polymers --- oxygen barrier property --- food packaging --- spinal anatomy --- Smart composites --- recycling --- packaging --- hybrids --- bio-based polymers --- coatings --- poly(x-chlorostyrene) --- eco-friendly --- multidimensional scale analysis --- single-stranded conformation polymorphism --- Bioelectric effect --- spray drying --- herniated disc