In conventional classification, soft robots feature mechanical compliance as the main
distinguishing factor from traditional robots made of rigid materials. Recent advances in …

Abstract 4D printing has attracted tremendous interest since its first conceptualization in
2013. 4D printing derived from the fast growth and interdisciplinary research of smart …

Shape‐programmable soft materials that exhibit integrated multifunctional shape
manipulations, including reprogrammable, untethered, fast, and reversible shape …

Shape memory polymer (SMP) is an excellent smart material, which can sense and perform
active shape change as preprogrammed. So far, there are a wide variety of stimulus …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs), as a class of programmable stimuli-responsive shape
changing polymers, are attracting increasing attention from the standpoint of both …

Four-dimensional (4D) active shape-changing structures based on shape memory polymers
(SMPs) and shape memory nanocomposites (SMNCs) are able to be controlled in both …

As a kind of intelligent material, shape memory polymer (SMP) can respond to outside
stimuli and possesses good properties including shape memory effect, deformability and …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a class of active, deformable materials that can switch
between a temporary shape, which can be freely designed, and their original shape. With …

The idea of 3D printing ever since 1980's has agitated the research domains challenging the
conventional techniques with its inordinate efficiency in the utility of material, superior …

A magnetic field has unique advantages in controlling soft robotics inside of an enclosed
space, such as surgical catheters or untethered drug‐delivering robots operating in the …