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

Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Artificial muscles are the core components of the smart and interactive soft robotic systems,
providing the capabilities in shape morphing, manipulation, and mobility. Intense research …

Low modulus materials that can shape-morph into different three-dimensional (3D)
configurations in response to external stimuli have wide-ranging applications in …

Soft robotics is an emerging field of robotics that focuses on the design of soft machines and
devices with effective human-machine interaction, high conformity, and environmental …

Liquid metals, with their unique combination of electrical and mechanical properties, offer
great opportunities for actuation based on surface tension modulation. Thanks to the scaling …

The transition from one equilibrium state to another via rapid snap-through can store elastic
energy and release it as kinetic energy for rapid motion as seen in Venus flytrap and …

Due to the rapid development of intelligent technology and the pursuit of green
environmental protection, responsive materials with single response and actuation can no …

By incorporating fillers into dielectric elastomers, electromechanical sensitivities can be
enhanced to lower the required operating electrical field for actuation. However, existing …