Editorial: Latest trends in bio-inspired medical robotics: structural design, manufacturing, sensing, actuation and control by Yilun Sun, Houde Dai, Shuang Song, Angela Faragasso, Sara-Adela Abad Guaman

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Bringing Motor Imagery BCI systems outside of the laboratory into daily activities by Sonal Santosh Baberwal, Shirley Coyle

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Empirical Data-Driven Linear Model of a Swimming Robot Using the Complex Delay-Embedding DMD Technique by Mostafa Sayahkarajy, Hartmut Witte

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Gait Perception via Actual and Estimated Pneumatic Physical Reservoir Output by Junyi Shen, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Swaninda Ghosh, Toshihiro Kawase, Kenji Kawashima

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Using neuroevolution for designing soft medical devices by Hugo Alcaraz-Herrera, Michail-Antisthenis Tsompanas, Igor Balaz, Andrew Adamatzky

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Design and analysis of modular pneumatic soft crawling robots by YIN Hongfei, LÜ Yuedong, SONG Xiaojuan

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A Symmetrical Leech-Inspired Soft Crawling Robot Based on Gesture Control by Jiabiao Li, Ruiheng Liu, Tianyu Zhang, Jianbin Liu

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3D Printed Swordfish‐Like Wireless Millirobot by Xingcheng Ou, Yu Sheng, Jiaqi Huang, Dantong Huang, Xiaohong Li, Ran Bi, Guoliang Chen, Weijie Hu, Shuang‐Zhuang Guo

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Bio-inspired 3D printing approach for bonding soft and rigid materials through underextrusion by Arman Goshtasbi, Luca Grignaffini, Ali Sadeghi

“…Finally, we fabricated various hybrid robots using this technique to demonstrate the wide range of capabilities this approach and hybridity can bring to soft robotics.…”
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3D‐Assembled Bionic Tactile Sensing “Skin” for Soft Machines by Ruiping Zhang, Yihao Chen, Ziheng Wang, Ziwei Liang, Yinji Ma, Ying Chen, Xue Feng

“…Abstract Soft machines such as bionic soft robotics attract tremendous interest. Environmental awareness between the “skin” of robotics and the contact surface is essential for motion control. …”
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Fundamentals and Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Applications: A Review by Iryna S. Protsak, Yevhenii M. Morozov

“…We then explore hydrogel design, synthesis, and structural engineering, followed by an overview of applications that are relatively well established from a scientific perspective, including biomedical uses (biosensing, drug delivery, wound healing, and tissue engineering), environmental applications (heavy metal and phosphate removal from the environment and polluted water), and soft robotics and actuation. Additionally, we highlight emerging and unconventional applications such as local micro-thermometers and cell mechanotransduction. …”
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A framework for soft mechanism driven robots by Cem Aygül, Can Güven, Sara A. Frunzi, Brian J. Katz, Markus P. Nemitz

“…Abstract Soft robots excel in safety and adaptability, yet their lack of structural integrity and dependency on open-curve movement paths restrict their dexterity. …”
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A self-powered soft triboelectric-electrohydrodynamic pump by Fangming Li, Shuowen Sun, Xingfu Wan, Minzheng Sun, Steven L. Zhang, Minyi Xu

“…Abstract Soft pumps have the potential to transform industries including soft robotics, wearable devices, microfluidics and biomedical devices, but their efficiency and power supply limitations hinder prolonged operation. …”
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Precipitation 3D printing of all-aramid materials for high-strength, heat-resistant applications by Ruowen Tu, Hyun Chan Kim, Henry A. Sodano

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Soft Artificial Synapse Electronics by Md. Rayid Hasan Mojumder, Seongchan Kim, Cunjiang Yu

“…This study highlights that SASs and functionalized SAS devices hold transformative potential for bioelectronics and sensing for soft-robotics applications; however, further research is necessary to address scalability, long-time stability, and utilizing functionalized SASs for prosthetics and in vivo applications through clinical adoption. …”
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AI‐Powered Multimodal Modeling of Personalized Hemodynamics in Aortic Stenosis by Caglar Ozturk, Daniel H. Pak, Luca Rosalia, Debkalpa Goswami, Mary E. Robakowski, Raymond McKay, Christopher T. Nguyen, James S. Duncan, Ellen T. Roche

“…Then, we show that the approach can be integrated with fluid‐structure interaction and soft robotics models to accurately recapitulate a broad spectrum of clinical hemodynamic measurements of diverse AS patients. …”
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Multimaterial cryogenic printing of three-dimensional soft hydrogel machines by Jinhao Li, Jie Cao, Rong Bian, Rongtai Wan, Xiangyang Zhu, Baoyang Lu, Guoying Gu

“…Abstract Hydrogel-based soft machines are promising in diverse applications, such as biomedical electronics and soft robotics. However, current fabrication techniques generally struggle to construct multimaterial three-dimensional hydrogel architectures for soft machines and robots, owing to the inherent hydrogel softness from the low-density polymer network nature. …”
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A review of smart structures and adaptation of 3d printing methods for future fashion applications by Viktorija Diak

“…Consequently, they have been widely applied and actively developed in fields such as soft robotics, biomedical devices/sensors/fabrics, flexible wearable electronics, 4D printed structures, and other clothing components and accessories. …”
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High sensitivity flexible strain sensor for motion monitoring based on MWCNT@MXene and silicone rubber by Muhammad Luthfi Hakim, Zufar Alfarros, Herianto Herianto, Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun

“…Abstract Research on flexible strain sensors has grown rapidly and is widely applied in the fields of soft robotics, body motion detection, wearable sensors, health monitoring, and sports. …”
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Electret integrated magnetic field sensor based on magnetostrictive polymer composite with nT resolution by Lukas Zimoch, Stefan Schröder, Eric Elzenheimer, Sören Kaps, Thomas Strunskus, Franz Faupel, Michael Höft, Rainer Adelung

“…Abstract The pursuit for advanced magnetoelectric field sensors has gained momentum, driven by applications in various fields, ranging from biomedical applications to soft robotics and the automotive sector. In this context, a capacitive read-out based magnetostrictive polymer composite (MPC) sensor element is introduced, offering a new perspective on magnetic field detection. …”
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