Liquid crystal elastomer-based actuators (LCEAs) exhibit large, reversible deformation,
which demonstrates superior advantages in developing remote controlled, light-weighted …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) is a promising candidate for actuation in light-driven soft robot
applications. Due to the fact that LCE has complex hysteretic nonlinearities, which are highly …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) offer promising prospect in applications such as soft robot
actuators due to the fact that they can be chemically doped to have photo-responsive …

Soft robots are robotic systems which are inherently compliant, and can exhibit body
deformation in normal operations. This type of systems has unprecedented advantage over …

Liquid crystal elastomer is a type of soft material with unique physical and chemical
properties that offer a variety of possibilities in the growing field of soft robot actuators. This …

This paper focuses on the modeling of the photo-responsive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE)
actuator, which is essential in LCE-based light-driven soft robot applications. The goal is to …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of soft functional materials which exhibit
complex mechanical responses to external stimuli. Their promise for technological …

The exceptional actuation properties of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have made these
materials highly attractive for various emerging applications such as soft robotics and …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of active polymers of increasing interest,
because of their excellent actuation performances. To quantify the actuation performances …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), as a newly emerging soft material, has been extensively
explored to construct diverse structures for a wide range of applications. Many unique yet …