3D printing of robotic soft grippers: toward smart actuation and sensing

GD Goh, GL Goh, Z Lyu, MZ Ariffin… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A review of soft wearable robots that provide active assistance: Trends, common actuation methods, fabrication, and applications

C Thalman, P Artemiadis - Wearable Technologies, 2020 - cambridge.org
This review meta-analysis combines and compares the findings of previously published
works in the field of soft wearable robots (SWRs) that provide active methods of actuation for …

Review of the research progress in soft robots

K Liu, W Chen, W Yang, Z Jiao, Y Yu - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The soft robot is a new type of robot with strong adaptability, good pliability, and high
flexibility. Today, it is widely used in the fields of bioengineering, disaster rescue, industrial …

Fluid-driven artificial muscles: bio-design, manufacturing, sensing, control, and applications

C Zhang, P Zhu, Y Lin, W Tang, Z Jiao, H Yang… - Bio-Design and …, 2021 - Springer
Develo** artificial muscles that can replace biological muscles to accomplish various
tasks is what we have long been aiming for. Recent advances in flexible materials and 3D …

Electronic skins based on liquid metals

J Yang, W Cheng, K Kalantar-Zadeh - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The implementation and exploration of liquid metals for soft electronics, especially electronic
skins (e-skins), are fast increasing. The growing field has received special attention since …

A perspective on cephalopods mimicry and bioinspired technologies toward proprioceptive autonomous soft robots

G Giordano, M Carlotti… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Octopus skin is an amazing source of inspiration for bioinspired sensors, actuators and
control solutions in soft robotics. Soft organic materials, biomacromolecules and protein …

Research on innovative fluid-driven pipe-strut tensegrity structure

S Li, A Samy, X Yuan, Y Dong, Z Qiu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
As a self-equilibrated system under prestresses, the internal forces and geometric
configurations of tensegrity structures are highly related. Consequently, by employing active …

Underwater fluid-driven soft dock for dynamic recovery of AUVs with improved pose tolerance

M Lin, A Yi, R Lin, X Wu, B He, B Zhang, C Yang - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Recovering autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) by a mobile platform is a complex
challenge. Traditional docking stations require strict pose deviation from the underwater …

A new design and analysis of low-profile soft rotary pneumatic actuator for enhanced rotation and torque

YM Lee, H Moon, HR Choi… - The International Journal …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Soft actuators producing bending motions have gained significant attention for their
advantages in mimicking the properties and movements of human muscles. However, the …

Strain-based consensus in soft, inflatable robots

A Nilles, S Ceron, N Napp… - 2022 IEEE 5th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robots actuate themselves and their world through induced pressure and strain, and can
often sense these quantities as well. We hypothesize that coordination in a tightly coupled …