Inkjet Printing of Complex Soft Machines with Densely Integrated Electrostatic Actuators

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Inkjet Printing of Complex Soft Machines with Densely Integrated Electrostatic Actuators

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Dataset for "Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper substrates"