Hydrogels with tailor‐made swelling‐shrinkable properties have aroused considerable
interest in numerous biomedical domains. For example, as swelling is a key issue for blood …

In conventional classification, soft robots feature mechanical compliance as the main
distinguishing factor from traditional robots made of rigid materials. Recent advances in …

Intelligent magnetic soft robots capable of programmable structural changes and
multifunctionality modalities depend on material architectures and methods for controlling …

Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Conspectus Nature provides abundant inspiration and elegant paradigms for the
development of smart materials that can actuate, morph, and move on demand. One …

Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

Environmentally adaptive hydrogels that are capable of reconfiguration in response to
external stimuli have shown great potential toward bioinspired actuation and soft robotics …

Broad adoption of magnetic soft robotics is hampered by the sophisticated field paradigms
for their manipulation and the complexities in controlling multiple devices. Furthermore, high …

The common techniques to improve hydrogel's mechanical properties include increasing
crosslinking density and forming crosslinked double‐network hydrogel, which may cause …

Abstract Service life and range of polymer materials is heavily reliant on their elasticity and
mechanical stability under long‐term loading. Slippage of chain segments under load leads …