3D‐Printed Soft Robotics: A Novel Fold‐Based Design Approach toward Printable Soft Robotics Using Flexible 3D Printing Materials (Adv. Mater. Technol. 2/2018)

3D printing enables a novel fold-based design approach toward pneumatic actuators, as described by Benjamin Ang Wee Keong and Raye Yeow Chen Hua in article number 1700172. Adequate force and torque output for various applications is achieved. Future flexible conductive composites hold the potential of incorporating 3D-printed sensors into the actuator in a single 3D printing step, thereby offering precise control over the actuators bending behavior.