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 …

Electro-active polymers (EAPs) are emerging as feasible materials to mimic muscle-like
actuation. Among EAPs, dielectric elastomer (DE) devices are soft or flexible capacitors …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a promising enabling technology for a wide range
of emerging applications, including robotics, artificial muscles, and microfluidics. This is due …

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 gripping different objects …

Soft robotics has applications in myriad fields from assistive wearables to autonomous
exploration. Now, the portability and the performance of many devices are limited by their …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are flexible lightweight actuators that can generate
strains of over 100%. They are used in applications ranging from haptic feedback (mm-sized …

In recent years micropump technology has gained considerable importance and has
become the highlighted area of research particularly for microfluidic applications. The …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) as a typical class of electroactive polymers have been
developed rapidly in the last two decades due to their advantages such as large strain, high …

Fluidic elastomer actuators have become ubiquitous in soft robotics as they can be used to
create inherently compliant systems with embodied intelligence. However, they typically use …

The field of micro total analysis systems (μTAS), or “lab on a chip”, has continued to gain
maturity. The importance of μTAS is reflected in both the growing number and the improved …