Functional carbon materials are the key to a clean, safe, and sustainable working environment and advanced energy-related devices because they can be reused, recycled, and repurposed. However, effort is necessary to make them ideal candidates for such applications. In this study, we introduce a novel approach by designing covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with contrasting electrical and electrochemical properties, aiming to achieve highly desirable electrochemical soft actuators. A careful structural investigation is carried out to determine the structure–property relationship, while the fascinating properties of them are validated by real-field demonstrations. The proposed functional carbon materials exhibit exceptional actuation properties, thereby representing a significant advancement for complex robotic interactions.
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