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 …

The autonomous manipulation of objects by robotic grippers has made significant strides in
enhancing both human daily life and various industries. Within a brief span, a multitude of …

Robotic arms have remarkable applications in diverse fields such as medical rehabilitation,
disaster relief, and space exploration. Enhancing their rigidity, load-bearing capacity, and …

With the rapid development of social intelligence, flexible manipulator has become a typical
representative of the intelligent era. However, due to the strong nonlinearity brought about …

Folding a flat sheet under a specific crease pattern can form a three-dimensional origami
tube, which has been proven to exhibit unique mechanical properties and has wide …

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 …

In tensegrity structures, there may exist tensile members with very low elongation. This type
of tensile member is almost inextensible under the effect of tensile force and cannot …

Soft robots are high-dimensional nonlinear systems coupled with both geometric and
material nonlinearity. Control of such a system is complex and time-consuming. In this study …

Biohybrid robots are robots composed of both biological and artificial materials that can
exhibit the unique characteristics commonly found in living organisms. Skeletal muscle …

One of the key problems in active materials is the control of shape through actuation. A
fascinating example of such control is the elephant trunk, a long, muscular, and extremely …