Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate
objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access …

The surge in advanced manufacturing techniques has led to a paradigm shift in the realm of
material design from developing completely new chemistry to tailoring geometry within …

By incorporating soft materials into the architecture, flexible mechanical metamaterials
enable promising applications, eg, energy modulation, and shape morphing, with a well …

Miniature robots show great potential in exploring narrow and confined spaces to perform
various tasks, but many applications are limited by the dependence of these robots on …

This letter introduces a novel bistable origami flexible gripper, which is based on a single-
vertex and multi-crease (SVMC) origami structure that has several advantages, including a …

Continuously increasing applications of robot technologies in unstructured environments put
higher requirements on the robotic grippers' performance, such as interaction capability …

Snap-through instability, like the rapid closure of the Venus flytrap, is gaining attention in
robotics and HCI. It offers rapid shape reconfiguration, self-sensing, actuation, and …

Soft robotics have significantly influenced both scientific and industrial domains over the
past decades. However, their inherent limitations of material or structural softness pose a …

Bistable structures have attracted attention due to their unique properties and potential
applications in soft robotics, logic gates and energy harvesting devices. The bi-stability is …

Magneto-responsive soft actuators hold significant promise in soft robotics due to their rapid
responsiveness and untethered operation. However, controlling their deformations presents …