Frontispiece: Towards Advanced Intelligent and Perceptive Soft Grippers (Adv. Intell. Syst. 8/2026)

Abstract

Soft Grippers

Soft grippers are evolving from compliant end-effectors into integrated intelligent systems for unstructured environments. This cover illustrates unified frameworks combining morphology, actuation, and hierarchical sensing. Distributed intelligence enables adaptive, multimodal grasping while preserving compliance and robustness. The review highlights design principles, system integration, and remaining open challenges toward perception-driven soft robotic manipulation approaching living systems. More details can be found in the Review Article by Changbeom Shim, Seonggun Joe, and co-workers(DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202501459).