Liquid Crystal Soft Robot: An Untethered Magnetic‐ and Light‐Responsive Rotary Gripper: Shedding Light on Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Actuators (Advanced Optical Materials 7/2019)

Abstract

The front cover shows a remotely controlled dual responsive rotary soft robotic gripper that is able to perform loading, transport, rotation, and release of cargo. Light is used to trigger the actuator to autonomously pick-up and release cargo, and magnetic response allows for transportation and rotational freedom. For further details see article number 1801643 by Albert P. H. J. Schenning and co-workers. The authors would like to thank the ICMS animation studio for the creation of the image.