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 …

The emerging field of soft robotics presents a new paradigm for robot design in which
“precision through rigidity” is replaced by “cognition through compliance.” Lightweight and …

A new generation of soft functional materials and actuator designs has ushered the
development of highly advanced soft grippers as adaptive alternatives to traditional rigid end …

Abstract 3D/4D printing offers significant flexibility in manufacturing complex structures with
a diverse range of mechanical responses, while also posing critical needs in tackling …

To create fully-soft robots, fully-soft actuators are needed. Currently, soft rotary actuator
topologies described in the literature exhibit low rotational speeds, which limit their …

The scheme of the robot motion is essential for underwater exploration tasks. Different tasks
in different waters have additional requirements for robots. Due to the limitation of the …

Soft robotics hardware, with numerous applications ranging from health care to exploration
of unstructured environments, suffers from limited life cycles, which lead to waste generation …

Locomotive soft robots (SoRos) have gained prominence due to their adaptability.
Traditional locomotive SoRo design is based on limb structures inspired by biological …

Fish-like agile movements, such as fast swimming and rapid turning, are essential for
biomimetic underwater robots but challenging to achieve simultaneously. We present a self …

Topology optimization is a powerful design tool in structural engineering and other
engineering problems. The design domain is discretized into elements, and a finite element …