In nature, tip-localized growth allows navigation in tightly confined environments and
creation of structures. Recently, this form of movement has been artificially realized through …

Recently soft robotics has rapidly become a novel and promising area of research with many
designs and applications due to their flexible and compliant structure. However, it is more …

Tip-extending soft robots that “grow” via pneumatic eversion of their body material have
demonstrated applications in exploration of cluttered environments. During growth, the …

Plant-inspired inflatable eversion robots with their tip growing behaviour have recently
emerged. Because they extend from the tip, eversion robots are particularly suitable for …

Pneumatically operated soft growing robots that extend via tip eversion are well-suited for
navigation in confined spaces. Adding the ability to interact with the environment using …

Inflated continuum robots are promising for a variety of navigation tasks, but controlling their
motion with a small number of actuators is challenging. These inflated beam robots tend to …

Soft slender robots have attracted more and more research attentions in these years due to
their continuity and compliance natures. However, mechanics modeling for soft robots …

Fabric-based soft actuators, grippers and manipulators are gaining in popularity due to their
ability to handle large payloads while being lightweight, extremely compliant, low-cost and …

Continuum robots have high degrees of freedom and the ability to safely move in
constrained environments. One class of soft continuum robot is the “vine” robot. This type of …

Despite their soft and compliant bodies, most of today's soft robots have limitations when it
comes to elongation or extension of their main structure. In contrast to this, a new type of soft …