Shape reconfiguration is ubiquitous in nature and widely used in many applications such as
soft robotics, metamaterials, energy absorption and tissue engineering. Shape …

Due to their exceptional adaptability, inherent compliance, and high flexibility, soft actuators
have significant advantages over traditional rigid actuators in human–machine interaction …

Helical shapes are ubiquitous in both nature and engineering. However, the development of
soft actuators and robots that mimic helical motions has been hindered primarily due to the …

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

Soft robotics is a promising new field offering robot systems that mimic the versatility and
complexity of movement and propulsion seen in natural organisms. Such systems require …

Soft actuators, which ensure the safety of robot–human interactions, extend the range of
robotic operations to fragile and sensitive objects. Shape memory polymers are one of the …

This work described a bioinspired soft robotic finger with variable bending length to conform
objects with different sizes by means of selectively varying the structural stiffness of its …

In this study, a series of smart polymer fibers with a shape memory effect were developed.
Firstly, a set of shape memory polyurethanes with varying hard-segment content were …

All soft robots require the same functionality, that is, controlling the shape of a structure
made from soft materials. However, existing approaches for shape control of soft robots are …

We present a new type of torsional soft morphing actuator designed and fabricated by
twisted shape memory alloy (SMA) wires embedded in polydimethylsiloxane matrix. The …