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 …

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 …

Existing soft actuators have persistent challenges that restrain the potential of soft robotics,
highlighting a need for soft transducers that are powerful, high-speed, efficient, and robust …

Future robots and intelligent systems will autonomously navigate in unstructured
environments and closely collaborate with humans; integrated with our bodies and minds …

Conventional robots are mainly made of rigid materials, such as steel and aluminum.
Recently there has been a surge in the popularity of soft robots owing to their inherent …

Conventional industrial robots with the rigid actuation technology have made great progress
for humans in the fields of automation assembly and manufacturing. With an increasing …

For soft robots to have ubiquitous adoption in practical applications they require soft
actuators that provide well‐rounded actuation performance that parallels natural muscle …

Dielectric elastomer transducers consist of thin electrically insulating elastomeric
membranes coated on both sides with compliant electrodes. They are a promising …

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

Soft robotic grippers achieve increased versatility and reduced complexity through
intelligence embodied in their flexible and conformal structures. The most widely used soft …