Institute of Solid Mechanics;
Beihang University;
Beijing 100191;
China;
Department of Engineering Mechanics;
Soft Matter Research Center;
Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province;
Zhejiang University;
Hangzhou 310027;
China;
Materials Science and Engineering Program;
University of Houston;
Houston;
TX 77204;
U. S.A.;
State Key Laboratory of Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures;
School of Aerospace Engineering;
Xi’an Jiaotong University;
Xi’an 710049;
China;
Department of Mechanical Engineering;
University of Houston;
Houston;
TX 77204;
U. S.A.;
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering;
University of Houston;
Houston;
TX 77204;
U. S.A.;
Department of Biomedical Engineering;
Texas Center for Superconductivity;
University of Houston;
Houston;
TX 77204;
U. S.A.;
transient; thermo-mechanical; analysis; soft; robot; thermal-responsive; liq-; uid; crystal; elastomer; (LCE);