Dear Colleagues,

It may seem that there is a proliferation of topics in our ever-growing world, and one of the most exciting fields to work in is soft robotics. We, the dreamers, are preparing for a future in which robots are like living organisms, with a wide range of capabilities and shapes, which have become possible thanks to flexible and stretchable devices/sensors. Moreover, soft robots can be natively compliant and helpful in lot of situations, from emergency scenarios and exploration of the solar system to companion robotics.

For this Special Issue, we encourage submissions from researchers in the most different fields. I approached robotics after many years as a particle physics researcher, so I am really interested in outside-the-box thinking and really curious to read the most exciting research from everyone out there. I will not give a list of topics, since it could be exclusive; I will just let your imagination fill in the blanks: if you think your research may be of interest, just submit and share it, and let’s see what happens!

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• prosthetics

• healthcare application

• flexible sensors

• stretchable devices

• stretchable sensors

• stretchable electronics

• wearable devices

• wearable sensors

• bio-inspired Robotics

• human-robot collaboration

• robustness

• capacitive sensors

• tactile sensors array