Abstract Magneto-/electro-responsive polymers (MERPs) are a class of stimuli-responsive
materials that are actuated when triggered by external magnetic/electric fields. MERPs …

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 …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) can act as deformable capacitors that generate mechanical work
in response to an electric field. DEs are often based on commercial acrylic and silicone …

Featured Application The main application area of dielectric elastomers is soft robotics as
muscle-like actuators. Abstract This paper reviews state-of-the-art dielectric elastomer …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are soft electromechanical devices that exhibit large
energy densities and fast actuation rates. They are typically produced by planar methods …

Soft robotics aims at creating systems with improved performance of movement and
adaptability in unknown, challenging, environments and with higher level of safety during …

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

Certain polymers can be excited by electric, chemical, pneumatic, optical, or magnetic field
to change their shape or size. For convenience and practical actuation, using electrical …

Due to the simple preparation process, large deformation, and wide applications, the
dielectric elastomer minimum energy-based structures (DEMESs) are preferably employed …

Soft actuators with muscle-like motions have drawn increasing interests in areas such as
bioinspired robotics and human–robot communications. Dielectric elastomers resonators …