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 …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of soft robotics

O Yasa, Y Toshimitsu, MY Michelis… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Soft robots' flexibility and compliance give them the potential to outperform traditional rigid-
bodied robots while performing multiple tasks in unexpectedly changing environments and …

Toward perceptive soft robots: Progress and challenges

H Wang, M Totaro, L Beccai - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few years, soft robotics has rapidly become an emerging research topic, opening
new possibilities for addressing real‐world tasks. Perception can enable robots to effectively …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Materials, actuators, and sensors for soft bioinspired robots

M Ilami, H Bagheri, R Ahmed… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological systems can perform complex tasks with high compliance levels. This makes them
a great source of inspiration for soft robotics. Indeed, the union of these fields has brought …

Recent advances in perceptive intelligence for soft robotics

Z Lin, Z Wang, W Zhao, Y Xu, X Wang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, soft robot research has expanded to diverse fields, including
biomedicine, bionics, service robots, human–robot interaction, and artificial intelligence …

Flexible actuators for soft robotics

Y Yang, Y Wu, C Li, X Yang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Heterogeneous sensing in a multifunctional soft sensor for human-robot interfaces

T Kim, S Lee, T Hong, G Shin, T Kim, YL Park - Science robotics, 2020 - science.org
Soft sensors have been playing a crucial role in detecting different types of physical stimuli
to part or the entire body of a robot, analogous to mechanoreceptors or proprioceptors in …

Recent advances in biomimetic soft robotics: Fabrication approaches, driven strategies and applications

X Dong, X Luo, H Zhao, C Qiao, J Li, J Yi, L Yang… - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Soft robot perception using embedded soft sensors and recurrent neural networks

TG Thuruthel, B Shih, C Laschi, MT Tolley - Science Robotics, 2019 - science.org
Recent work has begun to explore the design of biologically inspired soft robots composed
of soft, stretchable materials for applications including the handling of delicate materials and …