Bioinspired Structures for Soft Actuators: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Biomimetics has been extensively studied as one of the principal ways of designing soft actuators. Recently, great efforts have been made to mimic living creatures to design the structures of soft robots, such as jellyfish-like swimmers, snake- and worm-inspired robots, octopuses’ grippers, and millipede-inspired soft robots. These bionic design structures can achieve specific functionalities. However, many challenges still exist with regard to devising bioinspired actuators, including more compact yet more powerful actuators with simple structures and multi-modal movements.

This Special Issue, titled “Bioinspired Structures for Soft Actuators”, will collect outstanding contributions from different laboratories working on biomimetic soft actuators.

Taking advantage of the journal’s open-access format, this collection of papers aims to exemplify the effectiveness of biomimetic approaches in uncovering novel research pathways and pioneering solutions within the realm of structural design methods.

Submissions are welcomed for topics for this Special Issue, including (but not limited to) bioinspired structure designs, biomimicry design methods, and biomimetic robotics in industry and medical technology. This undertaking will address a crucial void in the field of biomimetic structural mechanics and engineering applications.

Prof. Dr. Benliang Zhu
Dr. Hai Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biomimetics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• soft robotics
• compliant structure
• mechanical design
• bioinspired structure
• simulation and experimentation
• bio-inspired robots
• the application of soft actuators