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ArticleNature communications2026

Liquid metal universal grippers for gentle, adaptable, multiscale manipulation.

Xuanhan Chen, Mingkui Zhang, Lu Cao, Dinggang Fan, Long Wang, Yue Chen, Hao Lin, Mingyuan Sun, Shiyuan Tong, Yuguo Deng and 7 more

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Xuanhan Chen *College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Mingkui Zhang *College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Lu Cao *National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Beijing, China.
Dinggang Fan *Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-7234-5618
Long WangCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Yue ChenCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Hao LinCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Mingyuan SunCAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Shiyuan TongCAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Yuguo DengState Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Bing XiaoSchool of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
Weihua LiSchool of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6190-8421
Bing HuCenter for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Shiwu ZhangCAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. swzhang@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-7704
Shi-Yang TangSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. shiyang.tang2@unsw.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-8880
Lining SunCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Xiangpeng LiCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. licool@suda.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2028-8780

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6 · The paper itself

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 and air. We unveil a surface tension induced active release mechanism enabling tunable active release of micro-objects. The gripper operates across 14 orders of magnitude in weight (from 10

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