Materials, Actuators, and Sensors for Soft Bioinspired Robots

Biological systems can perform complex tasks with high compliance levels. This makes them a great source of inspiration for soft robotics. Indeed, the union of these fields has brought about bioinspired soft robotics, with hundreds of publications on novel research each year. This review aims to survey fundamental advances in bioinspired soft actuators and sensors with a focus on the progress between 2017 and 2020, providing a primer for the materials used in their design. The field of soft bioinspired robotics is rapidly progressing, with hundreds of publications presenting novel research appearing yearly. The recent (2017–2020) advances in soft bioinspired actuators, sensors, and the materials used in their designs are surveyed.