Bioinspired soft robots for deep-sea exploration

G Li, TW Wong, B Shih, C Guo, L Wang, J Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The deep ocean, Earth's untouched expanse, presents immense challenges for exploration
due to its extreme pressure, temperature, and darkness. Unlike traditional marine robots that …

An overview of soft robotics

O Yasa, Y Toshimitsu, MY Michelis… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Soft robots' flexibility and compliance give them the potential to outperform traditional rigid-
bodied robots while performing multiple tasks in unexpectedly changing environments and …

3D printing in biomedical engineering: Processes, materials, and applications

J Lai, C Wang, M Wang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Three-dimensional (3D) printing as a powerful manufacturing platform has been
increasingly used in biomedical engineering over the past two decades. Such technologies …

3D printing of interdigitated dielectric elastomer actuators

A Chortos, E Hajiesmaili, J Morales… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are soft electromechanical devices that exhibit large
energy densities and fast actuation rates. They are typically produced by planar methods …

Advanced technologies and applications of robotic soft grippers

J Qu, Z Yu, W Tang, Y Xu, B Mao… - Advanced Materials …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The robotic soft gripper is a significant and expanding area of study. It is primarily a unique
gadget that interacts with the external environment in a certain actuating mode by utilizing …

Enhancing the universality of a pneumatic gripper via continuously adjustable initial grasp postures

Y Cui, XJ Liu, X Dong, J Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, various soft universal grippers have been developed due to their reduced control
complexity and satisfying gras** capability. The grip** range of a gripper plays a key …