Soft robotics presents innovative solutions across different scales. The flexibility and
mechanical characteristics of soft robots make them particularly appealing for wearable and …

Bioinspired soft actuators with adaptive, reconfigurable, and multifunctional features have
gained increasing attention in soft-robotic applications of intelligent responsive devices …

Conductive hydrogels have been promising candidates for wearable and flexible electronics
due to their high flexibility and biocompatibility. However, the previously reported hydrogels …

Similar to natural muscle fibers, coiled artificial muscle fibers provide a straightforward
contraction. However, unlike natural muscle fibers, their recovery from the contracted state to …

Polymeric microwave actuators combining tissue-like softness with programmable
microwave-responsive deformation hold great promise for mobile intelligent devices and …

Dielectric elastomers in the shape of thin films are heavily investigated, but they do not
produce beneficial strains and forces comparable to that of skeletal muscles without …

Hydrogel actuators with anisotropic structures exhibit reversible responsiveness upon the
trigger of various external stimuli, rendering them promising for applications in many fields …

Shape memory hydrogels provide a worldwide scope for functional soft materials. However,
most shape memory hydrogels exhibit poor mechanical properties, leading to low actuation …

Soft electronics have garnered significant interests owing to their distinctive qualities.
However, their practical utilizations are still limited by their generally poor mechanical …