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 …

Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

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 …

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 …

A highly versatile soft gripper that can handle an unprecedented range of object types is
developed based on a new design of dielectric elastomer actuators employing an …

Electronic skins (ie, stretchable sheets of distributed sensors) report signals using electrons,
whereas natural skins report signals using ions. Here, ionic conductors are used to create a …

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 …

Capacitive‐type strain sensors based on hydrogel ionic conductors have undergone rapid
development benefited from their robust structure, drift‐free sensing, higher sensitivity, and …

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

Dielectric elastomer generator systems (DEGSs) are a class of electrostatic soft‐transducers
capable of converting oscillating mechanical power from different sources into usable …