Microscale soft-robots hold great promise as safe handlers of delicate micro-objects but their
wider adoption requires micro-actuators with greater efficiency and ease-of-fabrication. Here …

The recent developments of soft robots have inspired a variety of applications that require
compliance for safety and softness for biomimetics. With such prevalence and advantages of …

Magnetically actuated and controlled mobile micromachines have the potential to be a key
enabler for various wireless lab-on-a-chip manipulations and minimally invasive targeted …

Devices fabricated using soft materials have been a major research focus of late, capturing
the attention of scientists and laypersons alike in a wide range of fields, from microfluidics to …

Micro-and nanorobots can perform a number of tasks at small scales, such as minimally
invasive diagnostics, targeted drug delivery, and localized surgery. During the past decade …

Soft pneumatic actuators have been explored for endoscopic applications, but challenges in
fabricating complex geometry with desirable dimensions and compliance remain. The …

Microscale organisms and specialized motile cells use protein-based spring-like responsive
structures to sense, grasp and move. Rendering this biomechanical transduction …

Soft actuators have the potential of revolutionizing the field of robotics. However, it has been
a long‐standing challenge to achieve simultaneously: i) miniaturization of soft actuators, ii) …

Although natural continuum structures, such as the boneless elephant trunk, provide
inspiration for new versatile grippers, highly deformable, jointless, and multidimensional …

Soft actuators have shown great advantages in compliance and morphology matched for
manipulation of delicate objects and inspection in a confined space. There is an unmet need …