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 …

Unlike traditional hard grippers, soft robotic grippers are commonly made of soft materials so
that the soft grippers can produce motion via elastic deformations of their compliant …

Soft structures and actuation allow robots, conventionally consisting of rigid components, to
perform more compliant, adaptive interactions similar to living creatures. Although numerous …

Soft manipulator is a kind of special manipulator that uses soft material or flexible structure to
perform manipulation task under the specific drive mode inspired by the soft tissue. It is …

The emerging field of soft robotics presents a new paradigm for robot design in which
“precision through rigidity” is replaced by “cognition through compliance.” Lightweight and …

This study presents the design and test of a novel self-adaptive soft gripper, integrating
pneumatic actuators and bistable carbon-fiber reinforced polymer laminates. The …

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are an extensively investigated type of soft actuator.
However, the PAM motions have been limited somewhat to uniaxial contraction and …

Robotic grasping has become increasingly important in many application areas such as
industrial manufacturing and logistics. Because of the diversity and uncertainty of objects …

This article presents a new cable-driven underactuated robotic gripper, called TWISTER
Hand. It is designed for adaptable grasping of objects in different shapes, weights, sizes …

A new generation of soft functional materials and actuator designs has ushered the
development of highly advanced soft grippers as adaptive alternatives to traditional rigid end …