Mechanical metamaterials enable the creation of structural materials with unprecedented
mechanical properties. However, thus far, research on mechanical metamaterials has …

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

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

Manipulation and navigation of micro and nanoswimmers in different fluid environments can
be achieved by chemicals, external fields, or even motile cells. Many researchers have …

Mechanical metamaterials are engineered materials with unconventional mechanical
behavior that originates from artificially programmed microstructures along with intrinsic …

The deep ocean, Earth's untouched expanse, presents immense challenges for exploration
due to its extreme pressure, temperature, and darkness. Unlike traditional marine robots that …

Living cilia stir, sweep and steer via swirling strokes of complex bending and twisting, paired
with distinct reverse arcs,. Efforts to mimic such dynamics synthetically rely on multimaterial …

Magnetically actuated small-scale robots have great potential for numerous applications in
remote, confined, or enclosed environments. Multiple small-scale robots enable cooperation …

Active mechanical metamaterials (AMMs)(or smart mechanical metamaterials) that combine
the configurations of mechanical metamaterials and the active control of stimuli‐responsive …

Hard-magnetic soft composites consist of magneto-active polymers (MAPs) where the fillers
are composed of hard-magnetic (magnetically polarised) particles. These novel …