With the miniaturization of personal wearable electronics, considerable effort has been
expended to develop high‐performance flexible/stretchable energy storage devices for …

Animals exploit soft structures to move effectively in complex natural environments. These
capabilities have inspired robotic engineers to incorporate soft technologies into their …

In this systematic survey, an overview of non-conventional actuators particularly used in soft-
robotics is presented. The review is performed by using well-defined performance criteria …

The one-dimensional deformation of shape memory alloy (SMA) wires and springs can be
implemented into different types of functional structures with three-dimensional …

Recently, significant efforts have been made to develop prostheses, soft rehabilitation, and
assistive devices that enhance the quality of life of limb amputees and the activities of daily …

Soft robots may potentially be used for human services and complex environmental
locomotion. The bodies of the soft robots are made from soft materials to make them safe for …

Mechanical actuators are defined as mechanical devices that convert an input energy into
motion. Since the 1990s, advancements in the fields of robotics and automation have …

The Venus flytrap uses bistability, the structural characteristic of its leaf, to actuate the leaf's
rapid closing motion for catching its prey. This paper presents a flytrap-inspired robot and …

Soft robots have become important members of the robot community with many potential
applications owing to their unique flexibility and security embedded at the material level. An …

This paper explores a new hybrid actuation principle combining pneumatic and tendon-
driven actuators for a soft robotic manipulator. The fusion of these two actuation principles …