Bi‐Shell Valve for Fast Actuation of Soft Pneumatic Actuators via Shell Snapping Interaction (Adv. Sci. 15/2021)

Soft Pneumatic Actuators In article number 2100445, Chuan Qiao, Lu Liu, and Damiano Pasini propose a bi‐shell valve leveraging shell snap‐through buckling interaction for the rapid actuation of pneumatic soft actuators. A demonstrative experiment shows that the actuation time can be significantly reduced. The concept introduced here, offers a new function that is unattainable by existing soft valves used in soft robotics. [Image: see text]