Autonomous maze navigation is appealing yet challenging in soft robotics for exploring
priori unknown unstructured environments, as it often requires human-like brain that …

Constraining contacts to remain fixed on an object during manipulation limits the potential
workspace size, as motion is subject to the hand's kinematic topology. Finger gaiting is one …

Internal computational models of physical bodies are fundamental to the ability of robots and
animals alike to plan and control their actions. These “self-models” allow robots to consider …

Autonomous robots operating in uncertain or hazardous environments subject to state safety
constraints must be able to identify and isolate faulty components in a time-optimal manner …

The increasing demand for gras** diverse objects in unstructured environments poses
severe challenges to the existing soft/rigid robotic fingers due to the issues in balancing …

In this article, a novel underactuated finger exoskeleton is designed to assist gras** tasks
for the elderly with weak muscle strength. In mechanical design, the human finger's …

This article attempts to review papers on power assist rehabilitation robots, human motion
intention, control laws, and estimation of power assist rehabilitation robots based on human …

A reconfigurable dexterous gripper is designed which can switch states, including rigidity
and flexibility, for different application scenarios. Moreover, the stiffness of the fingers in the …

Training robots with reinforcement learning (RL) typically involves heavy interactions with
the environment, and the acquired skills are often sensitive to changes in task environments …

Manipulation plays a vital role in robotics but is left unsolved. Recent work attempts to
leverage the hierarchical structure of tasks via using action primitives. However, due to …