| POLYMERS Vol.69 No.5 |
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COVER STORY Polymer Science and Robotics |
| We publish a special issue on a new field called soft matter robotics, which is created by the combination of polymer science and robotics. Up to now, research on nano-sized robots and micro-machines, in which the polymer molecules themselves act as a single driving system, has been advanced tremendously. In this special issue, we would like to explore a new connection between macroscopic robotics and polymer science. Robotics, which has added polymer science to its arsenal, has the potential to give robots more flexible, soft, warm, and even self-regulating functions that could grow real applications. In this issue, we would like to give an overview of these new areas from both the perspectives of roboticists and polymer scientists. Editors: MASHITA, IWASAKI, SUGA, and YAMAGUCHI |
| Digest for English Readers | 194
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| Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ | 197
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| Awards for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan 2018 |
| Commentary |
| YAWARAKA Robot | Hidemitsu FURUKAWA | 198
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| COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews |
| Development Status of Flexible and Stretchable Devices for Robot Application | Tomoyuki YOKOTA | 199 |
| Expectation for Polymer Science from Robotics Researcher | Shinichi HIRAI | 202 |
| PolyMANGA | 205 |
| COVER STORY: Topics and Products |
| Robots and Polymers at the Front Line of Business | Shiro OTSUZUKI | 206 |
| Detection of Tactile Signals using Soft Robot Hand | Tomohito SEKINE | 208 |
| Nanosheet-Based Devices for Supporting the Supple Actuation of Soft Robots | Toshinori FUJIE, Yuma TETSU | 210 |
| Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics | Koichi MAYUMI, Takanori NAKAI | 212 |
| Soft Actuators for Realization of Soft Robotics/Pneumatic Artificial Muscle | Ryo SAKURAI | 214 |
| Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account |
| Growing Pain | Nobuhiko HOSONO | 216
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| Messages: “Work and Life” |
| My Work～Female Researcher～ | Yoko TATEWAKI | 217
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| Front-Line Polymer Science |
| Molecular Robotics: Towards the World of Artifacts Propelled by Chemical Energy Actuators | Akihiko KONAGAYA | 218
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| Messages from SPSJ | 224 |
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