Biomimetic soft robotic crawlers have attracted extensive attention in various engineering
fields, owing to their adaptivity to different terrains. Earthworm-like crawlers realize …

In complex systems like aircraft engines and oil refinery machines, pipeline inspection is an
essential task for ensuring safety. Here, we proposed a type of smart material–driven …

Currently, soft robotics technologies are creating the means of robotic abilities and are
required for the development of biomimetic robotics. In recent years, earthworm-inspired soft …

Robotic locomotion in subterranean environments is still unsolved, and it requires innovative
designs and strategies to overcome the challenges of burrowing and moving in unstructured …

The inspection, maintenance, and repair of pipeline and tunnel infrastructure have motivated
the increasing research in the development of suitable robots with high flexibility, good …

Pipe inspection and maintenance are necessary to prevent economic and casualty losses
due to leakage of fluids from damaged pipes. In-pipe soft robots made of highly deformable …

Insect‐scale robots possess the advantageous traits of small size, lightweight, and high
flexibility. These features make them suitable for complex, narrow, or higher‐than‐the …

In recent years, soft pneumatic actuators with soft and flexible materials have been widely
studied in the field of soft gripper and soft bionic robot. Up to present, the soft actuators …

This article presents the development of a novel tensegrity-based robot, TICBot, which is
capable of crawling in tubular environments. Based on the concept of tensegrity, a …

In this study, we investigate the development of an inchworm-inspired soft robot with active
friction control of its feet. The focus is on its design, modeling, and locomotion principle …