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Stiff structures connected by soft joints (recalling, for instance, human bones connected by cartilage) are highly appealing: several prototypes have been manufactured and tested, demonstrating their full potential. In the present research, the material extrusion (MEX) additive manufacturing technology has been used to manufacture stiff\u2013soft bioinspired structures activated by shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators. First, three commercially available stiff composite plastic materials were investigated and linked to different 3D printing infills. Surprisingly, we found that the \u201cgyroid\u201d infill was correlated to the mechanical properties, demonstrating that it produces better results in terms of Young's modulus and ultimate tensile strength (UTS) than the widely studied \u201clines\u201d infill. The primary focus of the research is an experimental study aimed at improving the adhesion at the interface between stiff and soft materials using an inexpensive method (i.e., MEX). Three different variables that have significant effects on the interface bonding were studied: (1) the interface geometry between stiff and soft parts, (2) the mesh overlapping process parameter, and (3) the annealing post-treatment. By optimizing the three variables, a Young's modulus of 48.8\u2009MPa and a UTS of 3.8\u2009MPa were achieved, when nylon+glass fiber (a stiff material) and thermoplastic polyurethane (a soft material) were 3D printed together. In particular, the 3.8\u2009MPa UTS is 48% higher than the highest adhesion between the soft and stiff material (thermoplastic polyurethane [TPU] and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) reported in literature. 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