Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Soft robotics is a recent and rapidly growing field of research that encompasses emerging
advances in functional materials, fabrication, modelling, and performance control with …

Mechanical instabilities, especially in the form of bistable and multistable mechanisms, have
recently garnered a lot of interest as a mode of improving the capabilities and increasing the …

Building on the recent progress of four-dimensional (4D) printing to produce dynamic
structures, this study aimed to bring this technology to the next level by introducing control …

Beyond their colorful appearances and versatile geometries, flowers can self-shape-morph
by adapting to environmental changes. Nature-inspired artificial systems that mimic their …

Actuators for fast capture are essential in the tasks of space structure assembly and space
debris disposal. To avoid damage and rebound caused by collision, the mechanical devices …

Abstract Four-dimensional (4D) printing is an emerging additive manufacturing (AM)
technology that adds a time-dependent reconfiguration dimension to three-dimensional (3D) …

Soft actuators, as an important part of soft robotics, have attracted significant attention due to
their inherent compliance, flexibility and safety. However, low capacity in force and load …

Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) with multiple rotors, or multicopters, have many promising
applications ranging from environmental monitoring, agricultural inspection, to package …

Soft robotic grippers are required for power grasping of objects without inducing damage.
Additive manufacturing can be used to produce custom-made grippers for industrial robots …