A template for the Soft Robotics (SoRo) Journal, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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\title{Preparation of papers for Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Soft Robotics Journal}
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Preparation of papers short title
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\author{John Smith and Bernard D. Researcher
\thanks{John Smith and Bernard D. Researcher are with Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science,
University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
{\tt\small john.smith@email.com, b.d.researcher@email.org}}%
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\section{Introduction}
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\section{Materials and Methods}
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\section{Results}
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\section{Conclusion}
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\section*{Acknowledgements}
Acknowledgements go here.
\section*{Author Disclosure Statement}
Detail any competing interests here.
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