Soft robotics is an emerging field of robotics that focuses on the design of soft machines and
devices with effective human-machine interaction, high conformity, and environmental …

Liquid metals, with their unique combination of electrical and mechanical properties, offer
great opportunities for actuation based on surface tension modulation. Thanks to the scaling …

Polymer shape-memory aerogels (PSMAs) are prospects in various fields of application
ranging from aerospace to biomedicine, as advanced thermal insulators, actuators, or …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have grown in popularity in recent years as a stimuli-
responsive material for soft actuators and shape reconfigurable structures. To make these …

Many arachnids use internal hemolymph pressure to actuate extension in their leg joints.
The inherent large foot displacement‐to‐body length ratio that arachnids can achieve …

Low melting point eutectic systems, such as the eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn) alloy, offer
great potential in the domain of nanometallurgy; however, many of their interfacial behaviors …

Soft crawling robots have potential applications for surveillance, rescue, and detection in
complex environments. Despite this, most existing soft crawling robots either use …

Tremor is an involuntary and oscillatory movement disorder that makes daily activities
difficult for affected patients. Hand tremor-suppression orthoses are noninvasive, wearable …

The field of soft actuation methods in robotics is rapidly advancing and holds promise for
physical interactions between humans and robots due to the adaptability of materials and …

Soft fiber-reinforced actuators have demonstrated significant potential across various
robotics applications. However, the actuation motion in these actuators is typically limited to …