In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

Leveraging liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) to realize scalable fabrication of high‐
performing fibrous artificial muscles is of particular interest because these active soft …

The programmable nature of smart textiles makes them an indispensable part of an
emerging new technology field. Smart textile‐integrated microelectronic systems (STIMES) …

Textiles have emerged as a promising class of materials for developing wearable robots that
move and feel like everyday clothing. Textiles represent a favorable material platform for …

Untethered twist fibers do not require end‐anchoring structures to hold their twist orientation
and offer simple designs and convenient operation. The reversible responsiveness of these …

Materials with switchable mechanical properties are widespread in living organisms and
endow many species with traits that are essential for their survival. Many of the mechanically …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) fibers are capable of large and reversible deformations,
making them an ideal artificial muscle. However, limited to stimulating source and structural …

Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) exhibits large and reversible deformability originating from
the alignment of liquid crystal mesogens. Additive manufacturing provides high …

Integrating sense in a thin artificial muscle fiber for environmental adaption and actuation
path tracing, as a snail tentacle does, is highly needed but still challenging because of the …