Over the past few years, researchers have focused on stimulus-responsive soft materials
and their applications in the design of soft actuators. The key factor of the soft actuators to …

There is an increasing demand for soft actuators because of their importance in soft robotics,
artificial muscles, biomimetic devices, and beyond. However, the development of soft …

Designing artificial muscle actuators with diversely complex deformation and multifunction is
crucial to the soft robots and their bioinspired applications. Herein, by combing the …

Recently, actuating materials based on carbon nanotubes or graphene have been widely
studied. However, present carbon‐based actuating materials are mostly driven by a single …

Biological systems with the capabilities of multi-stimuli response and delicate structural
changes have inspired the design of soft actuators and robots by either creating anisotropic …

The soft actuators capable of responding to multiple stimuli and adapting to changing
environments have attracted growing interest in the flexible multifunctional materials …

Smart materials promote the development of soft actuators. Herein, the modularized origami
soft actuators consisting of shape memory alloy (SMA) wires, foldable paper‐based heaters …

Stimuli-responsive soft actuators have attracted increasing attention in multiple fields since
they exhibit unique advantages in safe interaction with humans and adaptability to dynamic …

Nastic movements in plants that occur in response to environmental stimuli have inspired
many man-made shape-morphing systems. Tendril is an exemplification serving as a …

Stimuli-responsive actuators (SRAs) that can harvest environmental energies and convert
them to mechanical works without additional energy-supplying systems have revealed great …