Soft actuators are constituted by a type of intelligent materials, and they can generate
reversible mechanical motions under external stimuli. They usually achieve continuous …

Bioinspired soft actuators with adaptive, reconfigurable, and multifunctional features have
gained increasing attention in soft-robotic applications of intelligent responsive devices …

Soft actuators (SAs) are devices which can interact with delicate objects in a manner not
achievable with traditional robotics. While it is possible to design a SA whose actuation is …

Thermosetting shape memory polymers (TS-SMPs) have a higher shape fixity ratio (R f) and
shape recovery (R r) due to their structure integrity and thermal stability, and the glass …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) typically exhibit slow deformation in response to
environmental stimuli. However, recent studies have demonstrated that when LCE is …

The development of wearable electronics has driven the need for smart fibers with advanced
multifunctional synergy. In this paper, we present a design of a multifunctional coaxial fiber …

Recent advances in active materials and fabrication techniques have enabled the
production of cyclically self-deployable metamaterials with an expanded functionality space …

Soft actuators inspired by the movement of organisms have attracted extensive attention in
the fields of soft robotics, electronic skin, artificial intelligence, and healthcare due to their …

In nature, living organisms, such as octopuses, cabrito, and frogs, have already evolved
admirable adhesive abilities for better movement and predation in response to the …

Actuation is normally dramatically enhanced by introducing so much yarn fiber twist that the
fiber becomes fully coiled. In contrast, we found that usefully high muscle strokes and …