Soft robots' flexibility and compliance give them the potential to outperform traditional rigid-
bodied robots while performing multiple tasks in unexpectedly changing environments and …

Due to the inherent rigidity of hard materials, the adaptability and flexibility of traditional
robots are limited. Recently, soft robots became one of the most attractive areas. The …

Featured Application The main application area of dielectric elastomers is soft robotics as
muscle-like actuators. Abstract This paper reviews state-of-the-art dielectric elastomer …

The actions of human hands and animal's feet provide the inspiration for many robotic
actuators and devices. Of these actions, one of the most basic is grip** different objects …

Soft crawling robots have attracted great attention due to their anticipated effective
interactions with humans and uncertain environments, as well as their potential capabilities …

The design and fabrication of a rolled dielectric elastomer actuator is described and the
parametric dependence of the displacement and blocked force on the actuator geometry …

In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Soft robotics have substantial benefits of safety, adaptability, and cost efficiency compared to
conventional rigid robotics. Textiles have applications in soft robotics either as an auxiliary …

Soft robotics may enable many new technologies in which humans and robots physically
interact, yet the necessary high-performance soft actuators still do not exist. The optimal soft …

Natural tissues possess a so-called J-shaped strain-stiffening behavior, being soft and
compliant at small strains followed by a rapid stiffening at higher strains to prevent tissue …