Bistable and multistable actuators for soft robots: Structures, materials, and functionalities

Y Chi, Y Li, Y Zhao, Y Hong, Y Tang… - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (eg, fast snapping to closure of Venus
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …

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 …

Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Bubble casting soft robotics

TJ Jones, E Jambon-Puillet, J Marthelot, PT Brun - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Inspired by living organisms, soft robots are developed from intrinsically compliant materials,
enabling continuous motions that mimic animal and vegetal movement. In soft robots, the …

Soft actuators for soft robotic applications: A review

N El-Atab, RB Mishra, F Al-Modaf… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a
wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human …

Octopus-inspired adhesive skins for intelligent and rapidly switchable underwater adhesion

ST Frey, ABMT Haque, R Tutika, EV Krotz, C Lee… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The octopus couples controllable adhesives with intricately embedded sensing, processing,
and control to manipulate underwater objects. Current synthetic adhesive–based …

Toward a common framework and database of materials for soft robotics

L Marechal, P Balland, L Lindenroth, F Petrou… - Soft robotics, 2021 - liebertpub.com
To advance the field of soft robotics, a unified database of material constitutive models and
experimental characterizations is of paramount importance. This will facilitate the use of …

Soft robotic grippers

J Shintake, V Cacucciolo, D Floreano… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

Fast‐response, stiffness‐tunable soft actuator by hybrid multimaterial 3D printing

YF Zhang, N Zhang, H Hingorani… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have the appealing advantages of being highly flexible and adaptive to complex
environments. However, the low‐stiffness nature of the constituent materials makes soft …

3D printing of resilient biogels for omnidirectional and exteroceptive soft actuators

A Heiden, D Preninger, L Lehner, M Baumgartner… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Soft robotics greatly benefits from nature as a source of inspiration, introducing innate
means of safe interaction between robotic appliances and living organisms. In contrast, the …