Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

Due to the inherent rigidity of hard materials, the adaptability and flexibility of traditional
robots are limited. Recently, soft robots became one of the most attractive areas. The …

Conventional robots are mainly made of rigid materials, such as steel and aluminum.
Recently there has been a surge in the popularity of soft robots owing to their inherent …

Conventional industrial robots with the rigid actuation technology have made great progress
for humans in the fields of automation assembly and manufacturing. With an increasing …

Soft dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) exhibit interesting muscle-like behavior for the
development of soft robots. However, it is challenging to model these soft actuators due to …

Soft actuators have been developed for a variety of applications, including soft grippers,
artificial muscles, wearables, tactile devices, and medical devices. In this review, we will …

This article proposes a dynamic model and a tracking control strategy for a dielectric
elastomer (DE) actuator based on the model predictive controller (MPC). First, the dynamic …

The continuous electromechanical deformation of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs)
suffers from rate-dependent viscoelasticity, mechanical vibration, and configuration …

This paper describes a sensorless control algorithm for a positioning system based on a
dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA). The voltage applied to the membrane and the resulting …

In this paper, we present a new control approach for high-precision tracking control of a soft
dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) with inverse viscoelastic hysteresis compensation. To …