In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

The advent of soft robotics has led to great advancements in robots, wearables, and even
manufacturing processes by employing entirely soft‐bodied systems that interact safely with …

Grasping and manipulation are fundamental ways for many creatures to interact with their
environments. Different morphologies and grasping methods of “grippers” are highly …

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

Soft actuators can be classified into five categories: tendon-driven actuators, electroactive
polymers, shape-memory materials, soft fluidic actuators (SFAs), and hybrid actuators. The …

In recent years, the field of soft robotics has gained much attention by virtue of its aptness to
work in certain environments unsuitable for traditional rigid robotics. Along with the uprising …

Polymer-based actuators play a key role in the area of smart materials and devices, and for
this reason different polymer-based actuators have appeared in recent years and are …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have been proposed as a promising technology for
developing soft robotics and stretchable electronics due to their large actuation. Among …

A vibration suppression technique for lightweight and flexible membrane structures is
proposed using smart structure technology with a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA). DEA …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a promising technology for soft robotics. The use
of DEAs has many advantages, including light weight, resilience, and fast response for its …