In recent years, the field of soft robotics has gained much attention by virtue of its aptness to
work in certain environments unsuitable for traditional rigid robotics. Along with the uprising …

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

Responsive soft materials, with unique advantages of light weight, flexibility and large
deformation upon activation, have attracted extensive attention in the fields of aerospace …

Inflatable systems have been attracting attention in the field of interaction design.
Conventional tabletop-sized pneumatic systems tend to be complex because they require …

Wearable haptic displays can provide haptic information while allowing for free body
movement. Among these haptic displays, pneumatic haptic displays have the advantages of …

Soft actuators driven by liquid-to-gas phase changes do not require large air pumps or
power supply equipment, making them ideal for flexible and compact mechanisms …

This work presents PITAS, a thin-sheet robotic material composed of a reversible phase
transition actuating layer and a heating/sensing layer. The synthetic sheet material enables …

The traditional pneumatic soft actuator offers significant advantages, including high output
force and strong deformation capabilities, making it widely utilized in soft robotics. Building …

In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a haptic device with liquid-pouch motors that can
simulate a handshake. Because handshakes involve contact of the palms or soft skin …

Soft matter computers (SMCs) are promising control and computation mechanisms that do
not use rigid materials. In such mechanisms, conductive droplets are used to switch the state …