From a functional standpoint, classic robots are not at all similar to biological systems. If
compared with rigid robots, animals' bodies look overly redundant, imprecise, and weak …

Soft robots have been extensively researched due to their flexible, deformable, and adaptive
characteristics. However, compared to rigid robots, soft robots have issues in modeling …

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

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 …

In the past few years, soft robotics has rapidly become an emerging research topic, opening
new possibilities for addressing real‐world tasks. Perception can enable robots to effectively …

With the rise of soft robotics technology and applications, there have been increasing
interests in the development of controllers appropriate for their particular design. Being …

Dynamic control of soft robotic manipulators is an open problem yet to be well explored and
analyzed. Most of the current applications of soft robotic manipulators utilize static or quasi …

Shape memory alloy (SMA) wire-based soft actuators have had their performance limited by
the small stroke of the SMA wire embedded within the polymeric matrix. This intrinsically …

Soft robotics is a recent and rapidly growing field of research that encompasses emerging
advances in functional materials, fabrication, modelling, and performance control with …

Herein, the progress of machine learning methods in the field of soft robotics, specifically in
the applications of sensing and control, is outlined. Data‐driven methods such as machine …