Model-based control of soft robots: A survey of the state of the art and open challenges

C Della Santina, C Duriez, D Rus - IEEE Control Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
From a functional standpoint, classic robots are not at all similar to biological systems. If
compared with rigid robots, animals' bodies look overly redundant, imprecise, and weak …

Control strategies for soft robot systems

J Wang, A Chortos - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

[HTML][HTML] Soft robotics: A review of recent developments of pneumatic soft actuators

J Walker, T Zidek, C Harbel, S Yoon, FS Strickland… - Actuators, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems …

Model-based reinforcement learning for closed-loop dynamic control of soft robotic manipulators

TG Thuruthel, E Falotico, F Renda… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic control of soft robotic manipulators is an open problem yet to be well explored and
analyzed. Most of the current applications of soft robotic manipulators utilize static or quasi …

Intelligent soft surgical robots for next‐generation minimally invasive surgery

J Zhu, L Lyu, Y Xu, H Liang, X Zhang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Endowed with the expected visions for future surgery, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has
become one of the most rapid develo** areas in modern surgery. Soft robotics, which …

Machine learning for soft robotic sensing and control

K Chin, T Hellebrekers, C Majidi - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, the progress of machine learning methods in the field of soft robotics, specifically in
the applications of sensing and control, is outlined. Data‐driven methods such as machine …

Collaborative robotics: a survey

F Vicentini - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Collaborative robotics is an umbrella term that conveys the general idea of proximity
between machines and humans for some useful tasks in a shared space, with a range of …

[HTML][HTML] Closed-loop 4D-printed soft robots

A Zolfagharian, A Kaynak, A Kouzani - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Soft robotics is a recent and rapidly growing field of research that encompasses emerging
advances in functional materials, fabrication, modelling, and performance control with …

Model-based dynamic feedback control of a planar soft robot: trajectory tracking and interaction with the environment

C Della Santina, RK Katzschmann… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Leveraging the elastic bodies of soft robots promises to enable the execution of dynamic
motions as well as compliant and safe interaction with an unstructured environment …

A geometrically exact model for soft continuum robots: The finite element deformation space formulation

S Grazioso, G Di Gironimo, B Siciliano - Soft robotics, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Mathematical modeling of soft robots is complicated by the description of the continuously
deformable three-dimensional shape that they assume when subjected to external loads. In …