Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are renowned for their large, reversible, and anisotropic
shape change in response to various external stimuli due to their lightly cross‐linked …

Incorporating molecular photoswitches into various materials provides unique opportunities
for controlling their properties and functions with high spatiotemporal resolution using …

Walking on water is a unique locomotion mode found in aquatic living creatures. However, it
remains challenging to create light-driven aquatic soft robots that can walk freely on water …

Nature is a constant source of inspiration for materials scientists, fueling the dream of
mimicking life-like motion and tasks in untethered, man-made devices. Liquid crystalline …

Develo** self‐oscillating soft actuators that enable autonomous, continuous, and
directional locomotion is significant in biomimetic soft robotics fields, but remains great …

Self‐oscillation phenomena observed in nature serve as extraordinary inspiration for
designing synthetic autonomous moving systems. Converting self‐oscillation into …

Soft robotics is an emerging field of robotics that focuses on the design of soft machines and
devices with effective human-machine interaction, high conformity, and environmental …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) exhibits large and reversible deformability originating from
the alignment of liquid crystal mesogens. Additive manufacturing provides high …

Untethered twist fibers do not require end‐anchoring structures to hold their twist orientation
and offer simple designs and convenient operation. The reversible responsiveness of these …

Based on liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) materials, hierarchically structured soft actuators
can meet some requirements for “human‐friendly” working mode and execute complex tasks …