4D-Printed Magnetic Responsive Bilayer Hydrogel by Yangyang Li, Yuanyi Li, Jiawei Cao, Peng Luo, Jianpeng Liu, Lina Ma, Guo-Lin Gao, Zaixing Jiang

“…Despite its widespread application in targeted drug delivery, soft robotics, and smart screens, magnetic hydrogel still faces challenges from lagging mechanical performance to sluggish response times. …”
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Research progress of light-curing 3D printing polymer materials by HU Feiyang, LI Haoding, LUAN Shuyang, MAO Caiwang, CHEN Jiamiao, FAN Hao, SHI Jianjun, SONG Jiangxuan

“…Additionally，the applications of photocurable 3D printing polymers in various fields such as biomedical，flexible electronic devices，soft robotics，energy storage，and aerospace are discussed in detail. …”
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High‐Performance MXene Hydrogel for Self‐Propelled Marangoni Swimmers and Water‐Enabled Electricity Generator by Jiayi Zhou, Yan Zhang, Ming Zhang, Dongye Yang, Wenwei Huang, Ao Zheng, Lingyan Cao

“…This research represents a significant step toward the development of self‐powered, autonomous soft robotics, opening new research directions in the field.…”
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Three-Dimensional Printable Magnetic Hydrogels with Adjustable Stiffness and Adhesion for Magnetic Actuation and Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications by Xueting Xuan, Yi Li, Xing Xu, Zhouyi Pan, Yu Li, Yonghao Luo, Li Sun

“…Stimuli-responsive hydrogels hold immense promise for biomedical applications, but conventional gelation processes often struggle to achieve the precision and complexity required for advanced functionalities such as soft robotics, targeted drug delivery, and tissue engineering. …”
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Dual‐Modal Dielectric Elastomer System for Simultaneous Energy Harvesting and Actuation by Zhiyuan Zhang, Wenwei Huang, Shaodi Zheng, Jianbo Tan, Jinzhan Cheng, Jiancheng Cai, Shiju E, Zisheng Xu

“…The practicality of the system is developed by integrating it into a mechanically powered soft robot capable of locomotion and environmental monitoring using a wireless temperature sensor. …”
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3D laser structuring of supermetalphobic microstructures inside elastomer for multilayer high-density interconnect soft electronics by Chengjun Zhang, Qing Yang, Haoyu Li, Zexiang Luo, Yu Lu, Jialiang Zhang, Cheng Li, Feng Chen

“…High-density interconnect (HDI) soft electronics that can integrate multiple individual functions into one miniaturized monolithic system is promising for applications related to smart healthcare, soft robotics, and human-machine interactions. However, despite the recent advances, the development of three-dimensional (3D) soft electronics with both high resolution and high integration is still challenging because of the lack of efficient manufacturing methods to guarantee interlayer alignment of the high-density vias and reliable interlayer electrical conductivity. …”
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Modeling and control design of a bronchoscope robotics system by Yuhua Song, Lifeng Zhu, Jinfeng Li, Cheng Wang, Aiguo Song

“…Meanwhile, in order for the robot system to accurately select the bronchus corresponding to the branch, we designed a soft robot controller that can bend or deflect the soft robot to a specified posture. …”
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Bioinspired hydrophobic pseudo-hydrogel for programmable shape-morphing by Zhigang Wang, Haotian Hu, Zefan Chai, Yuhang Hu, Siyuan Wang, Cheng Zhang, Chunjie Yan, Jun Wang, Wesley Coll, Tony Jun Huang, Xianchen Xu, Heng Deng

“…Incorporating magnetic particles, we engineer HPH-based soft robots capable of swimming, rolling, and walking. …”
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Versatile graceful degradation framework for bio-inspired proprioception with redundant soft sensors by Taku Sugiyama, Kyo Kutsuzawa, Dai Owaki, Elijah Almanzor, Fumiya Iida, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe

“…Reliable proprioception and feedback from soft sensors are crucial for enabling soft robots to function intelligently in real-world environments. …”
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Mini-Extruder for 3D Magnetoactive Polymer Printing by Nina Prem, Dirk Sindersberger, Gareth J. Monkman

“…This makes the 3D printing of magnetoactive and electroactive polymer soft robotic components and devices directly from CAD data possible. …”
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Programmable light‐driven soft actuator enabled by structurally anisotropic liquid crystalline network by Zhaoping Deng, Xinyu Chen, Xinrui Deng, Jiangmin Yang, Shuai Zhou, Jingyu Chen, Peixiang Wang, Huai Yang, Ruochen Lan

“…Abstract The design and fabrication of advanced soft actuators with programmable actuation are highly desirable in constructing intelligent soft robots. In this work, a programmable light‐driven liquid crystalline network (LCN)‐based soft actuator was judiciously designed and prepared by constructing structural anisotropy across the thickness of the film. …”
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Asymmetric-bifurcation snapping, all-or-none motion of Venus flytrap by Xiangli Zeng, Yingzhe Wang, Keisuke Morishima

“…These pre-programmed movements of plants can facilitate the development of more intelligent soft robots.…”
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Asymptotically stable data-driven koopman operator approximation with inputs using total extended DMD by Louis Lortie, James Richard Forbes

“…The performance of the proposed method is then compared to the well-known extended dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) method and to the newly introduced forward–backward extended DMD method using a simulated Duffing oscillator dataset and experimental soft robot arm dataset.…”
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Bioinspired origami-based soft prosthetic knees by Siyuan Gao, Chengxu Yang, Hongting Chen, Xinqiang He, Lecheng Ruan, Qining Wang

“…Unfortunately, the pronounced flexibility restricts the application of soft robots on prosthetic knees regarding morphological computation and weight-bearing performance. …”
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3D Printed Multi‐Cavity Soft Actuator with Integrated Motion and Sensing Functionalities via Bio‐Inspired Interweaving Foldable Endomysium by Zhonggui Fang, Shaowu Tang, Yinyin Su, Xiaohuang Liu, Sicong Liu, Juan Yi, Zheng Wang, Jian S. Dai

“…Two McFI‐actuator‐driven robots are built: a soft crawling robot with path reconstruction and a narrow‐maneuverable soft gripper with object exteroception, validating the practicality in stand‐alone use of the actuator and the potential for intelligent soft robotic innovation of the McFI approach.…”
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Flexible electro-hydraulic power chips by Chao Zhang, Jionghao Chen, Changyi Xu, Tairan He, Xiaolong Zhang, Junhui Zhang, Ximing Sun, Bing Xu, Yi Zhu, Huayong Yang

“…Abstract Emerging soft systems, including soft robots or wearable devices, actuated by fluidic means facilitate a series of inherent benefits, including safe human-robot interactions, lower costs, and adaptability in geometry for manipulating delicate objects. …”
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Micro-Mechanosensory insights from Nature’s Mimosa leaves to shape memory adaptive robotics by Lihua Lou, Kazue Orikasa Lopez, Arya B. Nair, William Desueza, Arvind Agarwal

“…Inspired by these findings, we developed a bioinspired, 3D-printed soft robotic “MIMOSA” device using shape memory polyurethane (SMPU) with graphene nanoplatelets (GNP). …”
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Design of a Wearable Exoskeleton Piano Practice Aid Based on Multi-Domain Mapping and Top-Down Process Model by Qiujian Xu, Meihui Li, Guoqiang Chen, Xiubo Ren, Dan Yang, Junrui Li, Xinran Yuan, Siqi Liu, Miaomiao Yang, Mufan Chen, Bo Wang, Peng Zhang, Huiguo Ma

“…This study designs and develops a wearable exoskeleton piano assistance system for individuals recovering from neurological injuries, aiming to help users regain the ability to perform complex tasks such as playing the piano. While soft robotic exoskeletons have proven effective in rehabilitation therapy and daily activity assistance, challenges remain in performing highly dexterous tasks due to structural complexity and insufficient motion accuracy. …”
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