As an actuation technology of soft robots, dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) exhibit many fantastic attributes such as large strain and high energy density. However, due to nonlinear ...

new responsive soft/flexible materials are particularly appealing for novel developments in small-scale robotics. Among them, polymers and gels that respond to external stimuli with mechanical ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Multivapor-responsive biocompatible soft actuators have immense potential for applications in soft robotics and ...

Phase-change actuation has been revived for the era of untethered, electrically driven soft robots. Our team at the University of Coimbra have developed a phase transition soft actuator designed to ...

Researchers have created soft robots that move independently without complex electronics in a breakthrough inspired by nature’s efficiency. These robots, which are modeled after the roadside ...

In a recent study published in Advanced Science, researchers introduced a small, soft robot that looks deceptively simple—a closed ring made of liquid crystal elastomers (LCE). But don’t let its ...

The authors with their robot. From left to right: Alberto Comoretto, Harmannus A.H. Schomaker, Johannes T.B. Overvelde. A research team from AMOLF in Amsterdam created a soft robot that walks ...

Recent advancements in soft robotics present new opportunities ... However, many current robotic systems lack the combination of sensors, actuators, and adaptive control systems required to ...

Abstract: In recent years, the field of soft robotics has gained considerable attention ... where the animal alternately anchors its rear and front ends as its body elongates or shrinks. The robot ...

Looking ahead, DLP-printed flexible devices are expected to revolutionize sectors from health care to robotics. In medicine, they could enable skin-conforming sensors for continuous health tracking or ...