Modularity is a way of decomposing a big and complex system or product into small, simple,
independent, and manageable modular units that can be easily composed, decomposed …

Compared to traditional rigid-bodied robots, soft robots are constructed using physically
flexible/elastic bodies and electronics to mimic nature and enable novel applications in …

The remarkable advances of robotics in the last 50 years, which represent an incredible
wealth of knowledge, are based on the fundamental assumption that robots are chains of …

To date, most modular robotic systems lack flexibility when increasing the number of
modules due to their hard building blocks and rigid connection mechanisms. In order to …

Soft robotics is a fast-emerging interdisciplinary field combining mechatronics, control,
material science and biomimetics. With their unique inherent compliance feature, soft robots …

Rigid robots have taken on a variety of automated manufacturing tasks and have made a
huge contribution to industrial development; however, they are not suitable for further …

Soft robots usually have soft structures and multiple degrees of freedom, and they are
capable of large deformations and safe human–machine interactions. But unlike rigid robots …

The soft robot is a new type of robot with strong adaptability, good pliability, and high
flexibility. Today, it is widely used in the fields of bioengineering, disaster rescue, industrial …

Compared with traditional rigid robots, soft robots have high flexibility, low stiffness, and
adaptability to unstructured environments, and as such have great application potential in …

The physical characteristics of animals' bodies are substantially different from those of
classic robots. Elastic tendons, ligaments, and muscles enable animals to robustly interact …