Active control of the shape of soft robots is challenging. Despite having an infinite number of
passive degrees of freedom (DOFs), soft robots typically only have a few actively …

In robotics, bioinspiration brings scenarios where soft robots acquire life-like abilities and
better integrate themselves into the natural world. Because of their visual and functional …

The arboreal ecosystem is vitally important to global and local biogeochemical processes,
the maintenance of biodiversity in natural systems, and human health in urban …

Growing robots apically extend through material eversion or deposition at their tip. This
endows them with unique capabilities such as follow the leader navigation, long-reach …

Everting, soft growing vine robots benefit from reduced friction with their environment, which
allows them to navigate challenging terrain. Vine robots can use air pouches attached to …

Inflatable structures used in soft robotics applications have unique characteristics. In
particular, the tip-extension structure, which extends the structure from its tip, can grow …

Soft pneumatic actuators are used to steer soft growing “vine” robots while being flexible
enough to undergo the tip eversion required for growth. In this study, we compared the …

Soft growing robots have received considerable attention because of their unique
locomotion. However, the use of a single material for their manufacturing causes numerous …

Soft growing robots, a new soft mobile robot, have recently attracted considerable interest.
There are many soft growing robots, some of which have irreversible growing and bending …

Robot performance has advanced considerably both in and out of the factory, however in
tightly constrained, unknown environments such as inside a jet engine or the human heart …