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Locomotion of Miniature Soft Robots

, 2021
Miniature soft robots are mobile devices, which are made of smart materials that can be actuated by external stimuli to realize their desired functionalities. Here, the key advancements and challenges of the locomotion producible by miniature soft robots
Pooi See Lee, Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Ng, Chelsea Shan Xian, Yang, Zilin, Lum, Guo Zhan, Tan, Matthew Wei Ming, Guo Zhan Lum, Matthew Wei Ming Tan, Xu, Changyu, Changyu Xu, Lee, Pooi See, Zilin Yang   +11 more
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Soft Rehabilitation and Nursing-Care Robots: A Review and Future Outlook

Applied Sciences, 2019
Rehabilitation and nursing-care robots have become one of the prevalent methods for assistant treatment of motor disorder patients in the field of medical rehabilitation.
Zengqi Peng, Jian Huang
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Design, Modelling, and Control of Continuum Arms with Pneumatic Artificial Muscles: A Review

Machines, 2023
In this research paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of the current state of soft robots actuated with pneumatic artificial muscles and emphasise their distinct advantages over rigid robots, including exceptional flexibility, adaptability, and ...
Oleksandr Sokolov, Alexander Hošovský, Monika Trojanová   +2 more
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P-satI-D Shape Regulation of Soft Robots [PDF]

, 2022
Soft robots are intrinsically underactuated mechanical systems that operate under uncertainties and disturbances. In these conditions, this letter proposes two versions of PID-like control laws with a saturated integral action for the particularly ...
Pustina, P. (author), De Luca, Alessandro (author), Della Santina, Cosimo, Pustina, Pietro, Della Santina, C., Cosimo Della Santina, Borja, Pablo (author), De Luca, Alessandro, Borja, Pablo, Alessandro De Luca, Pablo Borja, Pustina, P., Pietro Pustina, Della Santina, C. (author)   +13 more
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Touchless interactive teaching of soft robots through flexible bimodal sensory interfaces

Nature Communications, 2022
Soft robots are challenging to model and program. Non-specialists face non-negligible obstacles when working with soft robots to perform tasks. Here, the authors propose a method to interactively teach soft robots complex motions through flexible ...
Wenbo Liu, Youning Duo, Jiaqi Liu, Feiyang Yuan, Lei Li, Luchen Li, Gang Wang, Bohan Chen, Siqi Wang, Hui Yang, Yuchen Liu, Yanru Mo, Yun Wang, Bin Fang, Fuchun Sun, Xilun Ding, Chi Zhang, Li Wen   +17 more
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Physics-Based Finite Element Simulation of the Dynamics of Soft Robots

IEEE Access, 2023
Soft robots grew to prominence in large part because they promised a new and exciting means for engineers to develop robots that are both highly adaptable and safe for direct human interaction.
Kevin Wandke, Y Z
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Recent Advances in Perceptive Intelligence for Soft Robotics

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
Over the past decade, soft robot research has expanded to diverse fields, including biomedicine, bionics, service robots, human–robot interaction, and artificial intelligence. Much work has been done in modeling the kinematics and dynamics of soft robots,
Zhuofan Lin, Ziya Wang, Wenyu Zhao, Yingtian Xu, Xiaopu Wang, Tianwei Zhang, Zhenglong Sun, Lan Lin, Zhengchun Peng   +8 more
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Integrated and Intelligent Soft Robots

, 2023
Soft robotics possesses expansive utilization prospects in various domains, including medical aid, interior services, food and agriculture, and even space exploration.
Huaping Xiao, Min Ji, Shuhai Liu, Yibo Liu, Tianze Hao   +4 more
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Kinematics Modeling of a Twisted and Coiled Polymer-Based Elastomer Soft Robot

IEEE Access, 2019
Twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) is increasingly used for soft robots due to its good compaction. However, the lack of kinematics model of elastomer soft robots limits precise control.
Jiali Bao, Weihang Chen, Jing Xu
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Biomedical soft robots: current status and perspective

, 2020
This paper reviews the current status of soft robots in biomedical field. Soft robots are made of materials that have comparable modulus of elasticity to that of biological systems.
Hamidi, Reza Jalilzadeh, Reasnor, T., Iqbal, K., Armani, A., Ashuri, T., Ahmadi, S.   +5 more
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