Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (eg, fast snapping to closure of Venus
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …

Due to the inherent rigidity of hard materials, the adaptability and flexibility of traditional
robots are limited. Recently, soft robots became one of the most attractive areas. The …

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

Motion of plants in response to environment stimuli (eg, opening and closing of pinecones)
often finds its origin in the organized microscopic structures of the moving part, which sheds …

Natural muscle provides excellent motilities for animals. As the basic unit of the muscle
system, the skeletal muscle fibers function as a soft linear actuator. Inspired by the muscle …

Flying insects are capable of flapping their wings to provide the required power and control
forces for flight. A coordinated organizational system including muscles, wings, and control …

Progress in the design and modifications of dielectric elastomers has offered numerous
effective techniques to improve their electrically induced actuation response. The actuation …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have attracted much interest over the past decades
due to the inherent flexibility, large strain, high efficiency, high energy density, and fast …

This paper presents a novel multisegment annular dielectric elastomer actuator (ADEA)
which is an annular configuration with six DE segments distributed circumferentially. Each of …

In the present paper, we report an alternative method to model the electro-mechanical
instability (EMI) phenomenon of the dielectric elastomeric (DE) actuators. The proposed …