Intelligent soft robotic grippers for agricultural and food product handling: A brief review with a focus on design and control

Y Liu, J Hou, C Li, X Wang - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in material sciences, control algorithms, and manufacturing techniques have
facilitated rapid progress in soft grippers, propelling their adoption in various fields. In this …

Non-destructive fruit firmness evaluation using a soft gripper and vision-based tactile sensing

J Lin, Q Hu, J Xia, L Zhao, X Du, S Li, Y Chen… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
As fruit firmness is a crucial characteristic associated with the maturity level, its accurate
estimation is of great importance to post-harvest processing and wholesale in the industry …

Variable stiffness soft robotic gripper: Design, development, and prospects

Y Shan, Y Zhao, H Wang, L Dong, C Pei… - Bioinspiration & …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The advent of variable stiffness soft robotic grippers furnishes a conduit for exploration and
manipulation within uncharted, non-structured environments. The paper provides a …

Research progress of automatic grasping methods for garment fabrics

J Wang, J Shen, X Yao, F Zhang - International Journal of Clothing …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain an in-depth understanding into the research
progress, hot spots and future trends in smart gripping technology in the field of apparel …

Rapid Design and Production of Soft Actuators using Dynamic Modeling and Additive Manufacturing for Underwater Soft Actuators

A Yin, R Shomberg, J Noel, M Daeffler… - 2023 American …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotic actuators have repeatedly demonstrated their utility for underwater manipulation,
particularly in the deep sea with delicate biological creatures and fragile artifacts. Up to this …

Fin-QD: A Computational Design Framework for Soft Grippers: Integrating MAP-Elites and High-fidelity FEM

Y Xie, X Wang, F Iida, D Howard - 2024 IEEE 7th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computational design can excite the full potential of soft robotics, but it has the drawback of
being highly nonlinear in terms of material, structure, and contact. To date, enthusiastic …