In conventional classification, soft robots feature mechanical compliance as the main
distinguishing factor from traditional robots made of rigid materials. Recent advances in …

Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a
wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human …

Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

Magnetoactive soft materials (MSMs) are soft polymeric composites filled with magnetic
particles that are an emerging class of smart and multifunctional materials with immense …

Hard-magnetic soft composites consist of magneto-active polymers (MAPs) where the fillers
are composed of hard-magnetic (magnetically polarised) particles. These novel …

Magnetically responsive soft materials are soft composites where magnetic fillers are
embedded into soft polymeric matrices. These active materials have attracted extensive …

Untethered small-scale (from several millimetres down to a few micrometres in all
dimensions) robots that can non-invasively access confined, enclosed spaces may enable …

Small-scale soft-bodied machines that respond to externally applied magnetic field have
attracted wide research interest because of their unique capabilities and promising potential …

In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …

Flexible magnetic small-scale robots use patterned magnetization to achieve fast
transformation into complex three-dimensional (3D) shapes and thereby achieve locomotion …