Flying insects are capable of flap** their wings to provide the required power and control
forces for flight. A coordinated organizational system including muscles, wings, and control …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a special class of artificial muscles that have been
used to construct animal‐like soft robotic systems. However, compared with state‐of‐the‐art …

Biomimetic machines able to integrate with natural and social environments will find
ubiquitous applications, from biodiversity conservation to elderly daily care. Although …

Advances in artificial intelligence technology bring a rising demand on stimuli responsive
actuating materials and soft actuators. By the virtue of easy deformation and mechanical …

From power plants on land to bridges over the sea, safety-critical built environments require
periodic inspections for detecting issues to avoid functional discontinuities of these …

Microchannels are the essential elements in animals, plants, and various artificial devices
such as soft robotics, wearable sensors, and organs-on-a-chip. However, three-dimensional …

Soft actuators have shown great advantages in compliance and morphology matched for
manipulation of delicate objects and inspection in a confined space. There is an unmet need …

Miniature locomotion robots with the ability to navigate confined environments show great
promise for a wide range of tasks, including search and rescue operations. Soft miniature …

Haptic gloves allow the players to feel the virtual world more realistically by providing force
feedback. At present, haptic gloves are mainly driven by conventional motors, and for them …

Soft actuators have received extensive attention in the fields of soft robotics, biomedicine,
and intelligence systems owing to their advantages of pliancy, silence, and essential safety …