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

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 …

Time-dependent shape-transferable soft robots are important for various intelligent
applications in flexible electronics and bionics. Four-dimensional (4D) shape changes can …

Soft robots often draw inspiration from nature to navigate different environments. Although
the inching motion and crawling motion of caterpillars have been widely studied in the …

Muscle groups perform their functions in the human body via bilateral muscle actuation,
which brings bionic inspiration to artificial robot design. Building soft robotic systems with …

Conventional soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are made of soft materials that facilitate safe
interaction and adaptability. In positioning and loading tasks, however, SPAs demonstrate …

A cantilever beam with elastic hinge pulled antagonistically by two dielectric elastomer (DE)
membranes in tension forms a foldable actuator if one DE membrane is subject to a voltage …

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 …

Inspired by biological organisms, soft engineered robots seek to augment the capabilities of
rigid robots by providing safe, compliant, and flexible interfaces for human–machine …

In this paper, we develop the novel approach to design and fabricate dielectric elastomer
(DE) actuator integrating with 3D printed flexible structures, demonstrating large deformation …