All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

Soft robots that can move like living organisms and adapt to their surroundings are currently
in the limelight from fundamental studies to technological applications, due to their advances …

Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of
fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology. This …

Soft actuation materials are highly desirable in flexible electronics, soft robotics, etc.
However, traditional bilayered actuators usually suffer from poor mechanical properties as …

Soft actuators and microrobots that can move spontaneously and continuously without
artificial energy supply and intervention have great potential in industrial, environmental …

The development of stimuli‐responsive soft actuators, a task largely undertaken by material
scientists, has become a major driving force in pushing the frontiers of microrobotics …

Untethered soft robots have attracted growing attention due to their safe interaction with
living organisms, good flexibility, and accurate remote control. However, the materials …

Many creatures in nature can carry objects to precisely jump, however, this is difficult to
achieve in untethered artificial soft robots. Here, by mimicking the latching mechanism of the …