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 …

From bioinspiration to computer generation: Developments in autonomous soft robot design

J Pinskier, D Howard - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The emerging field of soft robotics presents a new paradigm for robot design in which
“precision through rigidity” is replaced by “cognition through compliance.” Lightweight and …

Sorotoki: a Matlab toolkit for design, modeling, and control of soft robots

BJ Caasenbrood, AY Pogromsky, H Nijmeijer - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present Sorotoki, an open-source toolkit in MATLAB that offers a
comprehensive suite of tools for the design, modeling, and control of soft robots. The …

Assistive robotic hand with bi-directional soft actuator for hand impaired patients

KHL Heung, H Li, TWL Wong, SSM Ng - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Soft wearable robotic hand can assist with hand function for the performance of activities of
daily living (ADL). However, existing robotic hands lack a mathematical way to quantify the …

Quasi-Static Modeling Framework for Soft Bellow-Based Biomimetic Actuators

KHL Heung, T Lei, K Liang, J Xu, J Seo, H Li - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Soft robots that incorporate elastomeric matrices and flexible materials have gained
attention for their unique capabilities, surpassing those of rigid robots, with increased …

Modular soft robotic actuators from flexible perforated sheets

N Pagliocca, M Trkov, B Koohbor - Advanced Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotic actuators can be designed to achieve complex and tailored motions while
simultaneously leveraging their compliance to interact with complex and often delicate …

[HTML][HTML] Modular reconfigurable rotary style soft pneumatic actuators

N Pagliocca, A Gupta, J Knospler, NK Singh… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modular soft robots have the advantage in their ability to be reconfigured and change their
morphology on-demand according to a specified task. The actuator design and particularly …

A multi-chamber soft robot for transesophageal echocardiography: Continuous kinematic matching control of soft medical robots

M Sayahkarajy, H Witte - Biomedical Engineering/Biomedizinische …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Objectives This research investigates designing a continuum soft robot and proposing a
kinematic matching control to enable the robot to perform a specified medical task, which in …

A structural optimization analysis of cable-driven soft manipulator

TA Khalil, S Habib, SG Seadby… - International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Cable-driven soft robots hold significant potential for surgical and industrial applications, yet
their performance and maneuverability can be further enhanced through design …

A reinforcement learning approach to system modularization under constraints

R Sanaei, K Otto, K Hölttä‐Otto, K Wood - Systems Engineering, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Modularization is an approach for system architecting and design simplification by
encapsulating complex interactions among components within modules and reducing …