Highlights•Food design paradigms require solid food oral processing knowledge.•Food
structure and oral physiology affect fracture mechanics and particle size.•Saliva and fluid …

Although soft devices (grippers, actuators, and elementary robots) are rapidly becoming an
integral part of the broad field of robotics, autonomy for completely soft devices has only …

Periodic actuation of multiple soft, pneumatic actuators requires coordinated function of
multiple, separate components. This work demonstrates a soft, pneumatic ring oscillator that …

This synopsis presents the state‐of‐the‐art of peristaltic pump systems in biomimetics and
living nature, and allows for a comparison by highlighting the differences in structure and …

The soft robotics field investigates biological bodies' movements to develop soft actuation
with similar behavior seen in nature. The skeletal muscles' movements are vastly mimicked …

A pneumatic large intestine-like soft robot with McKibben muscles is designed based on
traveling wave motion. The robot consists of four sections, and each section is controlled by …

Sensing-actuation systems can assist a bladder with lost sensation and weak muscle
control. Here, we advance the relevant technology by integrating a soft and thin capacitive …

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of a multimodal sensor with
integrated stretchable meandered interconnects for uniaxial strain, pressure, and uniaxial …

In recent years, soft robotics technologies enabled the development of a new generation of
biomedical devices. The combination of elastomeric materials with tunable properties and …

Biomimicry of the stomach's peristaltic contractions can be challenging in the design,
modeling, and control of a soft actuator. The mimicking of organ contractions advances our …