Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

Many soft robots are composed of soft fluidic actuators that are fabricated from silicone
rubbers and use hydraulic or pneumatic actuation. The strong nonlinearities and complex …

To advance the field of soft robotics, a unified database of material constitutive models and
experimental characterizations is of paramount importance. This will facilitate the use of …

Soft robotic devices have desirable traits for applications in minimally invasive surgery (MIS),
but many interdisciplinary challenges remain unsolved. To understand current technologies …

A highly stretchable, low-cost strain sensor was successfully prepared using an extremely
cost-effective ionic liquid of ethylene glycol/sodium chloride. The hysteresis performance of …

The emerging generation of robots composed of soft materials strives to match biological
motor adaptation skills via shape-shifting. Soft robots often harness volumetric expansion …

Robotics has undergone a profound revolution in the past 50 years, moving from the
laboratory and research institute to the factory and home. Kinematics and dynamics theories …

Soft robotic manipulators are continuum robots made of soft materials and flexible
components. The goal of soft robotic manipulators research is to enable these manipulators …

Unlike traditional hard grippers, soft robotic grippers are commonly made of soft materials so
that the soft grippers can produce motion via elastic deformations of their compliant …