Bio‐inspired soft robots provide a promising solution for robots working in human‐centered
scenarios and interacting with unstructured environments. However, the functional versatility …

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

Designing soft robots that are able to perceive unstructured, dynamic environments and their
deformations has been a long-term goal. Previously reported self-sensing soft actuators …

Origami has been proved as a valuable tool to develop deployable, multifunctional, and
tunable devices for diverse engineering applications. Inspired by the Kresling origami, this …

Recent advances in soft robotics demonstrate the requirement of modular actuation to
enable the rapid replacement of actuators for maintenance and functionality extension …

Tightly integrating actuation, computation, and sensing in soft materials allows soft robots to
respond autonomously to their environments. However, fusing these capabilities within a …

Fast-growing interests in safe and effective robot-environment interactions stimulated global
investigations on soft robotics. The inherent compliance of soft robots ensures promising …

It is highly desired yet challenging to construct soft robots resembling the dexterous motor
skills and powerful tactile sensations of human hands. Herein, a bioinspired design to create …

Proprioception is the ability to perceive environmental stimulations through internal sensory
organs. Enabling proprioception is critical for robots to be aware of the environmental …

The field of soft robotics is rapidly evolving, and there is a growing interest in developing soft
robots with bioinspired features for use in various applications. This research presented the …