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 …

Soft robotic manipulators are continuum robots made of soft materials and flexible
components. The goal of soft robotic manipulators research is to enable these manipulators …

In complex systems like aircraft engines and oil refinery machines, pipeline inspection is an
essential task for ensuring safety. Here, we proposed a type of smart material–driven …

Endowed with the expected visions for future surgery, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has
become one of the most rapid develo** areas in modern surgery. Soft robotics, which …

Soft actuators can be classified into five categories: tendon-driven actuators, electroactive
polymers, shape-memory materials, soft fluidic actuators (SFAs), and hybrid actuators. The …

Magnetic soft robots have recently attracted increasing attention owing to their remarkable
advantages and potential applications, but the reconfigurable magnetization inside soft …

The all-in-one integration of materials, structures and sensors for next-generation magnetic
soft robots is a promising avenue to interact with external surroundings. However, few …

Miniature robots have been widely studied and applied in the fields of search and rescue,
reconnaissance, micromanipulation, and even the interior of the human body benefiting from …

Multi‐stable structures and metamaterials with more than two stable states are widely
applied in diversified engineering applications. Non‐rigid foldable origami patterns have …

Modularity is a way of decomposing a big and complex system or product into small, simple,
independent, and manageable modular units that can be easily composed, decomposed …