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

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

The deep sea remains the largest unknown territory on Earth because it is so difficult to
explore,,–. Owing to the extremely high pressure in the deep sea, rigid vessels,–and …

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 …

Wireless soft-bodied robots at the millimeter scale allow traversing very confined
unstructured terrains with minimal invasion and safely interacting with the surrounding …

Diverse and adaptable modes of complex motion observed at different scales in living
creatures are challenging to reproduce in robotic systems. Achieving dexterous movement …