Laschi, Cecilia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5248-1043
Wen, Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-3103
Iida, Fumiya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9246-7190
Abdulali, Arsen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6874-7782
Hauser, Helmut https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5634-7298
Wang, Yifan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-520X
Liu, Ke
Ricotti, Leonardo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-3742
Cianchetti, Matteo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9016-8039
Althoefer, Kaspar
Nguyen, Pham Huy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-9352
Kovač, Mirko
Calisti, Marcello https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2590-188X
Funding for this research was provided by:
ERC
Aerial Robotics Lab
Laboratory of Sustainability Robotics
FLOP (287728)
RoyalSociety
STIFF
FP7 of the European Commission
European Union (101070328)
Wolfson (RSWF/R1/18003)
Article Title: Soft robotics: what’s next in bioinspired design and applications of soft robots?
Journal Title: Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd
Publication dates
Date Received: 2024-06-06
Date Accepted: 2025-09-04
Online publication date: 2026-02-27