Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

Research status of bionic amphibious robots: A review

K Ren, J Yu - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Bionic amphibious robots are receiving attention and significant interest from the civil and
military sectors since they can move on land and swim underwater. When develo** a …

Multi-environment robotic transitions through adaptive morphogenesis

R Baines, SK Patiballa, J Booth, L Ramirez, T Sipple… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The current proliferation of mobile robots spans ecological monitoring, warehouse
management and extreme environment exploration, to an individual consumer's home …

Scale-inspired programmable robotic structures with concurrent shape morphing and stiffness variation

T Chen, X Yang, B Zhang, J Li, J Pan, Y Wang - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Biological organisms often have remarkable multifunctionality through intricate structures,
such as concurrent shape morphing and stiffness variation in the octopus. Soft robots, which …

Locomotion strategies for amphibious robots-a review

M Rafeeq, SF Toha, S Ahmad, MA Razib - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past two decades, unmanned amphibious robots have proven the most promising and
efficient systems ranging from scientific, military, and commercial applications. The …

Mudskipper-inspired amphibious robotic fish enhances locomotion performance by pectoral-caudal fins coordination

Z Lin, W Zheng, J Zhang, W Ou, C Yang… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Amphibious robots face challenges in efficiently combining locomotion strategies and
coordinating propulsive mechanisms, hindering their locomotion performance similar to …

[PDF][PDF] Developments and trend maps for soft continuum manipulators and soft snake robots

VS Rajashekhar, G Prabhakar - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Soft robots are more human-friendly than rigid-bodied robots. This is due to their soft nature
that does not harm humans while interacting. This work provides the developments and …

Review and proposal for a classification system of soft robots inspired by animal morphology

A López-González, JC Tejada, J López-Romero - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this article is to propose a bio-inspired morphological classification for soft robots
based on an extended review process. The morphology of living beings that inspire soft …

A multi-locomotion clustered tensegrity mobile robot with fewer actuators

Q Yang, X Liu, P Wang, Y Song, T Sun - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mobile robots with multi locomotion modes have excellent terrain adaptability. However,
traditional multi-locomotion mobile robots are usually actuated by a large number of motors …