Continuum robots have become more popular recently due to their scalable dexterity and
mobility. However, they may suffer from issues like insufficient stiffness because they are …

Research into programmable materials has attracted extraordinary interest since the
nineties, when the term “programmable” was introduced for the first time. In its widest …

Robotic arms have remarkable applications in diverse fields such as medical rehabilitation,
disaster relief, and space exploration. Enhancing their rigidity, load-bearing capacity, and …

Elephant trunks are capable of complex, multimodal deformations, allowing them to perform
task‐oriented high‐degree‐of‐freedom (DOF) movements pertinent to the field of soft …

Soft and flexible magnetic robots have gained significant attention in the past decade. These
robots are fabricated using magnetically-active elastomers, are capable of large …

Continuum robots, owing to their inherent compliance, have become essential in
endoscopic surgical procedures, such as mucosal ablation. However, the prevalent design …

Abstract Quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) mechanism is widely exploited in tailoring vibration
isolators for balancing the load capacity and low/ultra-low frequency isolation performance …

African elephants have a wide range of abilities using their trunk. As a muscular hydrostat,
and thanks to the two finger-like processes at its tip, this proboscis can both precisely grasp …

Multisegment continuum manipulators exhibit broad application prospects for complex tasks
in confined spaces due to their inherent compliance and dexterity. However, the dynamic …

Stiffness regulation strategies endow soft machines with stronger functionality to cope with
diverse application requirements, for example manipulating heavy items by improving …