A soft swim bladder based on liquid–vapor phase transition was developed, which can selectively control buoyancy, thereby allowing multiple modes of maneuvers for underwater robots.

The first soft deployable robot, DeployBot, can serve as the first step toward a new class of soft robots that is modular, self-deploying, and capable of locomotion “out of the box”.

Kirigami/origami‐based soft deployable reflector for optical beam steering

Locomotion of inchworm-inspired robot made of smart soft composite

Shape memory alloy-based soft gripper with variable stiffness