Liquid metal universal grippers for gentle, adaptable, multiscale manipulation

Abstract The amoeba can flow like liquid to change its morphology to effectively capture and excrete various prey. Inspired by the amoeba, we present a liquid metal universal gripper capable of effective grasping and active releasing of targets with various shapes, sizes, and stiffnesses in liquid a...

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Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Xuanhan Chen, Mingkui Zhang, Lu Cao, Dinggang Fan, Long Wang, Yue Chen, Hao Lin, Mingyuan Sun, Shiyuan Tong, Yuguo Deng, Bing Xiao, Weihua Li, Bing Hu, Shiwu Zhang, Shi-Yang Tang, Lining Sun, Xiangpeng Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2026-03-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70313-6