Modeling and simulation of dynamics in soft robotics: A review of numerical approaches

L Qin, H Peng, X Huang, M Liu, W Huang - Current Robotics Reports, 2024 - Springer
Purpose of review In this review, we briefly summarize the numerical methods commonly
used for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of soft robotic systems. The underlying mechanical …

Advances of conductive hydrogel designed for flexible electronics: A review

G Zhu, N Javanmardia, L Qian, F **, T Li… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been considerable attention devoted to flexible electronic devices
within the realm of biomedical engineering. These devices demonstrate the capability to …

A unified framework for mechanical modeling and control of tensegrity robots

H Peng, H Yang, F Li, C Yang, N Song - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024 - Elsevier
Tensegrity structures have attracted garnered significant attention in soft robotics. However,
current modeling methods lack a unified framework to address forward and inverse solutions …

Morphology and tension perception of cable-driven continuum robots

Z Liu, Z Cai, H Peng, X Zhang… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The operation and control of the cable-driven continuum robot (CDCR) is directly
determined by the actuation of cables, and the relationship between the driving length and …
J Zhang, Y Hu, Y Li, K Ma, Y Wei, J Yang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compliant gras** is an important function of continuum robots that interact with humans
and/or unpredictable environments. However, the existing robots often have cross‐sections …

A multi-locomotion clustered tensegrity mobile robot with fewer actuators

Q Yang, X Liu, P Wang, Y Song, T Sun - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mobile robots with multi locomotion modes have excellent terrain adaptability. However,
traditional multi-locomotion mobile robots are usually actuated by a large number of motors …

Inspired by physical intelligence of an elephant trunk: Biomimetic soft robot with pre-programmable localized stiffness

K Ma, X Chen, J Zhang, Z **e, J Wu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robots exhibit promising dexterity and adaptability for manipulation because of their
high compliance. However, the existing soft robots with invariant stiffness hardly interact with …

Bioinspired continuum robots with programmable stiffness by harnessing phase change materials

J Zhang, B Wang, H Chen, J Bai, Z Wu… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Continuum robots offer significant advantages over traditional ones in some specific
scenarios, such as urban search and rescue, minimally invasive surgery, and inspection of …

Modeling, cooperative planning and compliant control of multi-arm space continuous robot for target manipulation

J Peng, H Wu, C Zhang, Q Chen, D Meng… - Applied Mathematical …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a modeling, cooperative planning and compliant control method is presented
for multi-arm space continuous robots in target manipulation. Firstly, according to the closed …