Electronic skins and machine learning for intelligent soft robots

B Shih, D Shah, J Li, TG Thuruthel, YL Park, F Iida… - Science Robotics, 2020 - science.org
Soft robots have garnered interest for real-world applications because of their intrinsic safety
embedded at the material level. These robots use deformable materials capable of shape …

A review of 3D printing processes and materials for soft robotics

YL Yap, SL Sing, WY Yeong - Rapid Prototy** Journal, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Soft robotics is currently a rapidly growing new field of robotics whereby the robots
are fundamentally soft and elastically deformable. Fabrication of soft robots is currently …

Soft robot perception using embedded soft sensors and recurrent neural networks

TG Thuruthel, B Shih, C Laschi, MT Tolley - Science Robotics, 2019 - science.org
Recent work has begun to explore the design of biologically inspired soft robots composed
of soft, stretchable materials for applications including the handling of delicate materials and …

Evolution of 3D printed soft actuators

A Zolfagharian, AZ Kouzani, SY Khoo… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2016 - Elsevier
Develo** soft actuators and sensors by means of 3D printing has become an exciting
research area. Compared to conventional methods, 3D printing enables rapid prototy** …

[HTML][HTML] Bending angle prediction and control of soft pneumatic actuators with embedded flex sensors–a data-driven approach

K Elgeneidy, N Lohse, M Jackson - Mechatronics, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a purely data-driven modelling approach is presented for predicting and
controlling the free bending angle response of a typical soft pneumatic actuator (SPA) …

Bioinspired robotic fingers based on pneumatic actuator and 3D printing of smart material

Y Yang, Y Chen, Y Li, MZQ Chen, Y Wei - Soft robotics, 2017 - liebertpub.com
In this article, we have proposed a novel robotic finger design principle aimed to address
two challenges in soft pneumatic grippers—the controllability of the stiffness and the …

Soft pneumatic actuators with integrated resistive sensors enabled by multi-material 3D printing

M Lalegani Dezaki, R Sales, A Zolfagharian… - … International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The concept of soft robots has garnered significant attention in recent studies due to their
unique capability to interact effectively with the surrounding environment. However, as the …

Multi-segment soft robotic fingers enable robust precision gras**

CB Teeple, TN Koutros, MA Graule… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In this work, we discuss the design of soft robotic fingers for robust precision gras**.
Through a conceptual analysis of the finger shape and compliance during gras**, we …

UV-laser-machined stretchable multi-modal sensor network for soft robot interaction

J Ham, AK Han, MR Cutkosky, Z Bao - NPJ Flexible Electronics, 2022 - nature.com
Soft robotic hands can facilitate human–robot interaction by allowing robots to grasp a wide
range of objects safely and gently. However, their performance has been hampered by a …

Biomedical soft robots: current status and perspective

T Ashuri, A Armani, R Jalilzadeh Hamidi… - Biomedical Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
This paper reviews the current status of soft robots in biomedical field. Soft robots are made
of materials that have comparable modulus of elasticity to that of biological systems. Several …