Soft actuators with the capability to generate programmable and reconfigurable motions
without the use of complicated and rigid infrastructures are of great interest for the …

Origami engineering aims to combine origami principles with advanced materials to yield
active origami shapes, which fold and unfold in response to external stimuli. This paper …

The field of active origami explores the incorporation of active materials into origami-inspired
structures in order to serve as a means of actuation. Active origami-inspired structures …

Origami has become an optimal methodological choice for creating complex three-
dimensional (3D) structures and soft robots. The simple and low-cost origami-inspired …

Programmable soft materials exhibiting dynamically reconfigurable, reversible, fast, and
latchable shape transformation are key for applications ranging from wearable tactile …

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 …

In this work, we advance printed active composites by combining 3D printing, printed
electronics, and liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) to achieve soft actuators with free-standing …

Integrating origami principles within traditional microfabrication methods can produce shape
morphing microscale metamaterials and 3D systems with complex geometries and …

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

Elastomers with hyperelastic deformation bring prosperity to soft robotics, especially in
constituting fluidic actuators, largely due to the merit of large deformation and airtightness …