In the era of Internet-of-things, many things can stay connected; however, biological
systems, including those necessary for human health, remain unable to stay connected to …

Soft robots have recently attracted increasing interest due to their advantages in durability,
flexibility, and deformability, which enable them to adapt to unstructured environments and …

Many inspirations for soft robotics are from the natural world, such as octopuses, snakes,
and caterpillars. Here, we report a caterpillar-inspired, energy-efficient crawling robot with …

Hydrogels are promising as materials for soft actuators because of qualities such as
softness, transparency, and responsiveness to stimuli. However, weak and slow actuations …

Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

Biological systems can perform complex tasks with high compliance levels. This makes them
a great source of inspiration for soft robotics. Indeed, the union of these fields has brought …

The development of space robots is vital to broadening human cognitive boundaries. Space
robots have been deployed in space science experiments, extravehicular operations, and …

Soft robots often draw inspiration from nature to navigate different environments. Although
the inching motion and crawling motion of caterpillars have been widely studied in the …

The rapidly expanding field of soft robotics has provided multiple examples of how entirely
soft machines and actuators can outperform conventional rigid robots in terms of …

Although hydrogels containing large amounts of water are similar to natural muscles, they
are a challenge to be used in artificial muscles because of their poor mechanical properties …