Natural organisms offer abundant inspiration for designing and fabricating hydrogel robots
with autonomous and intelligent behaviors, including motion, perception, and response to …

Plasmonic nanomaterials have become an integral part of numerous technologies, where
they provide important functionalities spanning from extraction and harvesting of light in thin …

Systems with programmable and complex shape morphing are highly desired in many fields
wherein sensing, actuation, and manipulation must be performed. Living organisms use …

The design of soft matter in which internal fuels or an external energy input can generate
locomotion and shape transformations observed in living organisms is a key challenge …

Smart polymeric materials with dynamically tunable physico‐chemical characteristics in
response to changes of environmental stimuli, have received considerable attention in …

Light guiding and manipulation in photonics have become ubiquitous in events ranging from
everyday communications to complex robotics and nanomedicine. The speed and sensitivity …

The development of biocompatible materials with desired functions is essential for tissue
engineering and biomedical applications. Hydrogels prepared from these materials …

Soft robotics enriches the robotic functionalities by engineering soft materials and
electronics toward enhanced compliance, adaptivity, and friendly human machine. This …

Soft robots have received a lot of attention because of their great human-robot interaction
and environmental adaptability. Most soft robots are currently limited in their applications …

Adaptive locomotion is an advanced function of microrobots that can be achieved using
smart materials. In this letter, a responsive hydrogel is utilized as a smart material and used …