Hard-magnetic soft composites consist of magneto-active polymers (MAPs) where the fillers
are composed of hard-magnetic (magnetically polarised) particles. These novel …

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are polymer networks exhibiting anisotropic liquid
crystallinity while maintaining elastomeric properties. Owing to diverse polymeric forms and …

Conductive hydrogels as flexible electronic devices, not only have unique attractions but
also meet the basic need of mechanical flexibility and intelligent sensing. How to endow …

Recently, the realization of minimally invasive medical interventions on targeted tissues
using wireless small‐scale medical robots has received an increasing attention. For effective …

Wireless miniature soft actuators are promising for various potential high‐impact
applications in medical, robotic grippers, and artificial muscles. However, these miniature …

High-speed locomotion is an essential survival strategy for animals, allowing populating
harsh and unpredictable environments. Bio-inspired soft robots equally benefit from versatile …

Soft robots need to be resilient to extend their operation under unpredictable environments.
While utilizing elastomers that are tough and healable is promising to achieve this …

Natural selection has tuned many flying and swimming animals to share the same narrow
design space for high power efficiency, eg, their dimensionless Strouhal numbers St that …

Untethered miniature robots enable targeted delivery and therapy deep inside the
gastrointestinal tract in a minimally invasive manner. By combining actuation systems and …

While a majority of wireless microrobots have shown multi‐responsiveness to implement
complex biomedical functions, their functional executions are strongly dependent on the …