A Soft Robotic Morphing Wing for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Abstract

Soft Robotic Morphing Wing for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Soft robots for underwater exploration are a powerful tool to assess ecological health and survey deep-sea environments autonomously. This cover illustrates an unmanned underwater vehicle featuring soft, hydraulically actuated wings deployed in the subsurface ocean of Enceladus. The incorporated soft wings have been designed to be pressure agnostic, impact resilient, and highly efficient, to enable autonomous surveying of large volumes. For further details, see article number 2300702 by Fabian Wiesemüller, Mirko Kovač, and co-workers.