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

Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

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

Actuators that can convert environmental stimuli into mechanical work are widely used in
intelligent systems, robots, and micromechanics. To produce robust and sensitive actuators …

Transforming flat sheets into three-dimensional structures has emerged as an exciting
manufacturing paradigm on a broad range of length scales. Among other advantages, this …

Achieving multicapability in a single soft gripper for handling ultrasoft, ultrathin, and
ultraheavy objects is challenging due to the tradeoff between compliance, strength, and …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are an attractive platform for dynamic shape‐morphing due
to their ability to rapidly undergo large deformations. While recent work has focused on …

Many plants autonomously change morphology and function in response to environmental
stimuli or sequences of stimuli. In contrast with the electronically-integrated sensors …

Despite the impressive performance of recent marine robots, many of their components are
non‐biodegradable or even toxic and may negatively impact sensitive ecosystems. To …

Nastic movements in plants that occur in response to environmental stimuli have inspired
many man-made shape-morphing systems. Tendril is an exemplification serving as a …