Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

Soft robotic manipulators are continuum robots made of soft materials and flexible
components. The goal of soft robotic manipulators research is to enable these manipulators …

Nowadays, a wide range of robots are used in various fields, from car factories to assistant
soft robots. In all these applications, effective control of the robot is vital to perform the tasks …

Jamming is a popular and versatile soft robotic mechanism, enabling new systems to be
developed that can achieve high stiffness variation with minimal volume variation …

In minimally invasive surgery, such as cardiac ablation, magnetically steered catheters
made of variable‐stiffness materials can enable higher dexterity and higher force application …

The emerging generation of robots composed of soft materials strives to match biological
motor adaptation skills via shape-shifting. Soft robots often harness volumetric expansion …

The trend of achieving minimal invasiveness in surgeries and recent technological
advances in robotics have resulted in the emergence of flexible surgical robots. Such …

Variable stiffness (VS) is an important feature that significantly enhances the dexterity of
magnetic catheters used in minimally invasive surgeries. Existing magnetic catheters with …

Variable stiffness actuation has applications in a wide range of fields, including wearable
haptics, soft robots, and minimally invasive surgical devices. There have been numerous …

Currently, additive manufacturing is utilized to fabricate many different actuators suited for
soft robots. However, an effective controller paradigm is essential to benefit from the …