Continuum robots: An overview

M Russo, SMH Sadati, X Dong… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, recent advances, current limitations, and open challenges in the design, modeling,
and control of continuum robots are discussed. Thanks to their lean bodies, these robots …

Soft robots modeling: A structured overview

C Armanini, F Boyer, AT Mathew… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The robotics community has seen an exponential growth in the level of complexity of the
theoretical tools presented for the modeling of soft robotics devices. Different solutions have …

A concise guide to modelling the physics of embodied intelligence in soft robotics

G Mengaldo, F Renda, SL Brunton, M Bächer… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Embodied intelligence (intelligence that requires and leverages a physical body) is a well-
known paradigm in soft robotics, but its mathematical description and consequent …

Recent progress in modeling and control of bio-inspired fish robots

B Sun, W Li, Z Wang, Y Zhu, Q He, X Guan… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Compared with traditional underwater vehicles, bio-inspired fish robots have the advantages
of high efficiency, high maneuverability, low noise, and minor fluid disturbance. Therefore …

Soft robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery and interventions: Advances and outlook

KW Kwok, H Wurdemann, A Arezzo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the emergence of soft robotics around two decades ago, research interest in the field
has escalated at a pace. It is fuelled by the industry's appreciation of the wide range of soft …

A review of locomotion, control, and implementation of robot fish

X Jian, T Zou - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2022 - Springer
A comprehensive review of bio-inspired robot fish is presented in this paper with an
emphasis on locomotion, actuation, and control methods. Different swimming modes of …

Soft dagger: Sample-efficient imitation learning for control of soft robots

MS Nazeer, C Laschi, E Falotico - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents Soft DAgger, an efficient imitation learning-based approach for training
control solutions for soft robots. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm …

Sensing of continuum robots: A review

PJ Sincak, E Prada, Ľ Miková, R Mykhailyshyn… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The field of continuum robotics is rapidly develo**. The development of new kinematic
structures, locomotion principles and control strategies is driving the development of new …

Design, Modelling, and Control of Continuum Arms with Pneumatic Artificial Muscles: A Review

O Sokolov, A Hošovský, M Trojanová - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this research paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of the current state of soft
robots actuated with pneumatic artificial muscles and emphasise their distinct advantages …

Adaptive Online Learning and Robust 3-D Shape Servoing of Continuum and Soft Robots in Unstructured Environments

Y Lu, W Chen, B Lu, J Zhou, Z Chen, Q Dou, YH Liu - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
In this article, we present a novel and generic data-driven method to servo-control the 3-D
shape of continuum and soft robots based on proprioceptive sensing feedback …