Stiffness change for reconfiguration of inflated beam robots

BH Do, S Wu, RR Zhao, AM Okamura - Soft robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Active control of the shape of soft robots is challenging. Despite having an infinite number of
passive degrees of freedom (DOFs), soft robots typically only have a few actively …

[PDF][PDF] Tip-Growing Robots: Design, Theory, Application

S Al Harthy, H Sadati, C Girerd, S Kim… - IEEE …, 2024 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
Growing robots apically extend through material eversion or deposition at their tip. This
endows them with unique capabilities such as follow the leader navigation, long-reach …

Physics-Grounded Differentiable Simulation for Soft Growing Robots

L Chen, Y Gao, S Wang, F Fuentes… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Soft-growing robots (ie, vine robots) are a promising class of soft robots that allow for
navigation and growth in tightly confined environments. However, these robots remain …