The proliferation of soft robotics research worldwide has brought substantial achievements
in terms of principles, models, technologies, techniques, and prototypes of soft robots. Such …

The focus of the research community in the soft robotic field has been on develo**
innovative materials, but the design of control strategies applicable to these robotic platforms …

Task-space control needs the inverse kinematics solution or Jacobian matrix for the
transformation from task space to joint space. However, they are not always available for …

This article introduces a machine-learning-based approach for closed loop kinematic control
of continuum manipulators in the task space. For this purpose, we propose a unique …

Obtaining inverse kinematics and dynamics of a robotic manipulator is often crucial for robot
control. Analytical models are typically used to approximate real robot systems, and various …

The central concept of this letter is to develop an assistive manipulator that can automate the
bathing task for elderly citizens. We propose to exploit principles of soft robotic technologies …

Manipulators based on soft robotic technologies exhibit compliance and dexterity which
ensures safe human–robot interaction. This article is a novel attempt at exploiting these …

Continuum robotic manipulators are increasingly adopted in minimal invasive surgery.
However, their nonlinear behavior is challenging to model accurately, especially when …

Writing and solving the inverse kinematics equations of a robot is a cumbersome task.
Furthermore, an analytic solution exists only for an ideal model and only if the structure of …

Key challenges found in some facilities maintenance (FM) operations include the
dependency on placing sophisticated workers in undesirable working conditions that could …