Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

The proliferation of soft robotics research worldwide has brought substantial achievements
in terms of principles, models, technologies, techniques, and prototypes of soft robots. Such …

The octopus couples controllable adhesives with intricately embedded sensing, processing,
and control to manipulate underwater objects. Current synthetic adhesive–based …

The attachment phenomena of various hierarchical architectures found in nature have
extensively drawn attention for developing highly biocompatible adhesive on skin or wet …

In nature, many organisms are able to accommodate a complex living environment by
developing biological wet adhesive surfaces with unique functions such as fixation and …

In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Nature demonstrates adaptive and extreme shape morphing via unique patterns of
movement. Many of them have been explained by monolithic shape-changing mechanisms …

Bionic amphibious robots are receiving attention and significant interest from the civil and
military sectors since they can move on land and swim underwater. When developing a …

Octopus suckers offer remarkable adhesion performance against nonporous surfaces and
have inspired extensive research to develop artificial adhesives. However, most of existing …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201601407 to control the pressure inside the suckers and thus the
pressure difference between the inside and outside of the suckers, resulting in the …