Soft robots' flexibility and compliance give them the potential to outperform traditional rigid-
bodied robots while performing multiple tasks in unexpectedly changing environments and …

Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (eg, fast snap** to closure of Venus
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …

Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

The octopus couples controllable adhesives with intricately embedded sensing, processing,
and control to manipulate underwater objects. Current synthetic adhesive–based …

Existing grippers for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manipulation have persistent
challenges, highlighting a need for grippers that are soft, self-adaptive, self-contained, easy …

Inspired by living organisms, soft robots are developed from intrinsically compliant materials,
enabling continuous motions that mimic animal and vegetal movement. In soft robots, the …

Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a
wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, grip**, human …

Soft structures and actuation allow robots, conventionally consisting of rigid components, to
perform more compliant, adaptive interactions similar to living creatures. Although numerous …

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 …

Biological tubular actuators show diverse deformations, which allow for sophisticated
deformations with well-defined degrees of freedom (DOF). Nonetheless, synthetic active …