There is the increased application of new technologies in manufacturing, service, and
communications. Industry 4.0 is the new fourth industrial revolution, which supports …

Biological systems can perform complex tasks with high compliance levels. This makes them
a great source of inspiration for soft robotics. Indeed, the union of these fields has brought …

Recording, modelling and understanding tactile interactions is important in the study of
human behaviour and in the development of applications in healthcare and robotics …

Soft robots have garnered interest for real-world applications because of their intrinsic safety
embedded at the material level. These robots use deformable materials capable of shape …

Over the past decade, a brand‐new pressure‐and tactile‐sensing modality, known as
iontronic sensing has emerged, utilizing the supercapacitive nature of the electrical double …

Despite decades of research, general purpose in-hand manipulation remains one of the
unsolved challenges of robotics. One of the contributing factors that limit current robotic …

Tactile sensing is required for the dexterous manipulation of objects in robotic applications.
In particular, the ability to measure and distinguish in real time normal and shear forces is …

The rigidity and relatively primitive modes of operation of catheters equipped with sensing or
actuation elements impede their conformal contact with soft-tissue surfaces, limit the scope …

This description of “soft robotics” is not intended to be a conventional review, in the sense of
a comprehensive technical summary of a develo** field. Rather, its objective is to describe …