This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems …

This article reviews soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) that are manufactured entirely via
additive manufacturing methods. These actuators are known as four-dimensional (4D) …

Soft crawling robots have attracted great attention due to their anticipated effective
interactions with humans and uncertain environments, as well as their potential capabilities …

Grasping and manipulation are fundamental ways for many creatures to interact with their
environments. Different morphologies and grasping methods of “grippers” are highly …

The all-in-one integration of materials, structures and sensors for next-generation magnetic
soft robots is a promising avenue to interact with external surroundings. However, few …

Tubular lattice structures have gained tremendous attention due to their lightweight and
excellent mechanical properties. In this work, we designed a new type of tubular lattice …

Robotics applications in facial plastic surgery has been practical and observed to have
benefits. For instance, minimal invasiveness, small number of incisions, less blood loss …

In this paper, we built up a desktop digital light processing (DLP) 3D printer and fabricated
multiple size soft pneumatic actuators integrally with fast speed and high precision. The …

Artificial muscles are capable of generating actuation in microsystems with outstanding
compliance. Recent years have witnessed a growing academic interest in artificial muscles …

Vacuum‐powered soft pneumatic actuators (V‐SPAs) are a promising enabling technology
for a wide range of emerging applications, including artificial muscles, programmable …