Human-robot coexistence has become an important trend of the new generation of robots.
Both rigid structures and soft structures have their own limitations in certain application …

Numerous recent advances in robotics have been inspired by the biological principle of
tensile integrity—or “tensegrity”—to achieve remarkable feats of dexterity and resilience …

Robots generally excel at specific tasks in structured environments but lack the versatility
and the adaptability required to interact with and locomote within the natural world. To …

Living organisms intertwine soft (eg, muscle) and hard (eg, bones) materials, giving them an
intrinsic flexibility and resiliency often lacking in conventional rigid robots. The emerging …

Soft spherical tensegrity robots are novel steerable mobile robotic platforms that are
compliant, lightweight, and robust. The geometry of these robots is suitable for rolling …

Tensegrity structures are prestressed and self-stable pin-connected frameworks built up
mainly from two kind of elements, in compression (bars) and in tension (tendons). It has …

Spherical movable tensegrity robots, resorting to the intrinsic hallmark of being lightweight
and resilient, have exhibited tremendous potential in exploring unpredictable terrains and …

Numerous recent research efforts have leveraged networks of rigid struts and flexible
cables, called tensegrity structures, to create highly resilient and packable mobile robots …

Tensegrity mobile robots are well-appraised for their high stiffness-to-mass ratio and
superior structural compliance. However, traditional untethered tensegrity mobile robots …

Tensegrity robots, which are prototypical examples of hybrid soft–rigid robots, exhibit
dynamical properties that provide ruggedness and adaptability. They also bring about …