The past decade of soft robotics has delivered impactful and promising contributions to
society and has seen exponentially increasing interest from scientists and engineers. This …

The adaptability of natural organisms in altering body shapes in response to the
environment has inspired the development of artificial morphing matter. These materials …

Locomotion of soft robots typically relies on control of multiple inflatable actuators by
electronic computers and hard valves. Soft pneumatic oscillators can reduce the demand on …

Anisotropic structures are ubiquitous in nature, affording fascinating morphing behaviors.
Biomimetic morphing materials can be developed by spatially controlling the orientations of …

A hallmark of living systems is the ability to employ a common set of building blocks that can
self-organize into a multitude of different structures. This capability can only be afforded in …

We use magnetohydrodynamic levitation as a means to create a soft, elastomeric, solenoid-
driven pump (ESP). We present a theoretical framework and fabrication of a pump designed …

Biomimetic aquatic robots are a promising solution for marine applications such as internal
pipe inspection, beach safety, and animal observation because of their strong …

The most widely-used representation of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean
hyperelastic model is considered in this paper. The version under investigation is that which …

A fundamental challenge of pneumatically powered soft robotic devices is the scalability of
fluidic control systems to address each actuated degree of freedom, as the required …

Crystalline sheets (eg, graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides) liberated from a
substrate are a paradigm for materials at criticality, because flexural phonons can fluctuate …