Advances in space robots for on‐orbit servicing: A comprehensive review

B Ma, Z Jiang, Y Liu, Z **e - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Space robots play a significant role in on‐orbit servicing (OOS) missions, such as inspecting,
capturing, refueling, and repairing satellites, assembling and maintaining large space …

Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots

T Ching, JZW Lee, SKH Win, LST Win, D Sufiyan… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
This paper introduces an approach to fabricating lightweight, untethered soft robots capable
of diverse biomimetic locomotion. Untethering soft robotics from electrical or pneumatic …

Integrated design fabrication and control of a bioinspired multimaterial soft robotic hand

S Alves, M Babcinschi, A Silva, D Neto… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Machines that mimic humans have inspired scientists for centuries. Bioinspired soft robotic
hands are a good example of such an endeavor, featuring intrinsic material compliance and …

Multimodal soft valve enables physical responsiveness for preemptive resilience of soft robots

M Pontin, DD Damian - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Resilience is crucial for the self-preservation of biological systems: Humans recover from
wounds thanks to an immune system that autonomously enacts a multistage response to …

Hydrogel and machine learning for soft robots' sensing and signal processing: a review

S Wang, Z Sun - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2023 - Springer
The soft robotics field is on the rise. The highly adaptive robots provide the opportunity to
bridge the gap between machines and people. However, their elastomeric nature poses …

Additive design and manufacturing of a quadruped robot actuated by electrothermal effect of shape memory polymer

CT Chen, PS Liao - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft robots possessing many flexible properties of locomotion beyond conventional rigid-
body mechanisms have been recently investigated for various applications such as …

[HTML][HTML] Using neuroevolution for designing soft medical devices

H Alcaraz-Herrera, MA Tsompanas, I Balaz… - Biomimetic Intelligence …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft robots can exhibit better performance in specific tasks compared to conventional robots,
particularly in healthcare related tasks. However, the field of soft robotics is still young, and …

[PDF][PDF] Developments and Trend Maps for Soft Continuum Manipulators and Soft Snake Robots

VS Rajashekhar, G Prabhakar - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Soft robots are more human-friendly than rigid-bodied robots. This is due to their soft nature
that does not harm humans while interacting. This work provides the developments and …

Optimal Sensor Placement for Motion Tracking of Soft Wearables Using Bayesian Sampling

DW Kim, S Kang, YL Park - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Soft sensors integrated or attached to robots or human bodies enable rapid and accurate
estimation of the physical states of the target systems, including position, orientation, and …

Body caudal undulation measured by soft sensors and emulated by soft artificial muscles

F Schwab, ET Lunsford, T Hong… - Integrative and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We propose the use of bio-inspired robotics equipped with soft sensor technologies to gain
a better understanding of the mechanics and control of animal movement. Soft robotic …