Sensing in soft robotics

C Hegde, J Su, JMR Tan, K He, X Chen, S Magdassi - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate
objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access …

Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Integrated actuation and sensing: Toward intelligent soft robots

S Zhou, Y Li, Q Wang, Z Lyu - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2024 - spj.science.org
Soft robotics has received substantial attention due to its remarkable deformability, making it
well-suited for a wide range of applications in complex environments, such as medicine …

Multimodal sensors enabled autonomous soft robotic system with self-adaptive manipulation

T Wang, T **, W Lin, Y Lin, H Liu, T Yue, Y Tian, L Li… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Human hands are amazingly skilled at recognizing and handling objects of different sizes
and shapes. To date, soft robots rarely demonstrate autonomy equivalent to that of humans …

[HTML][HTML] Soft robotics: A review of recent developments of pneumatic soft actuators

J Walker, T Zidek, C Harbel, S Yoon, FS Strickland… - Actuators, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems …

Integration of industry 4.0 related technologies in construction industry: a framework of cyber-physical system

Z You, L Feng - Ieee Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is resha** the construction industry and
bringing it into an intelligent construction era. Emerging technologies, such as the Building …

[PDF][PDF] A review of 3D‐printable soft pneumatic actuators and sensors: research challenges and opportunities

C Tawk, G Alici - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The soft robotics field is changing the way people think, build, interact, and most importantly
perceive robots. Robots have long been perceived as machines made of metals that their …

Tendon-driven soft robotic gripper for blackberry harvesting

AL Gunderman, JA Collins, AL Myers… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Global berry production and consumption have significantly increased in recent years,
coinciding with increased consumer awareness of the health-promoting benefits of berries …

Programmable Mechanically Active Hydrogel‐Based Materials

Y Dong, AN Ramey‐Ward, K Salaita - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Programmable mechanically active materials (MAMs) are defined as materials that can
sense and transduce external stimuli into mechanical outputs or conversely that can detect …

Piezoresistive elastomer-based composite strain sensors and their applications

A Georgopoulou, F Clemens - ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Piezoresistive strain sensors dominate the field of soft elastomer sensors, with many
interesting findings and applications. Nevertheless, the methods of characterizing the …