Review of machine learning methods in soft robotics

D Kim, SH Kim, T Kim, BB Kang, M Lee, W Park, S Ku… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Soft robots have been extensively researched due to their flexible, deformable, and adaptive
characteristics. However, compared to rigid robots, soft robots have issues in modeling …

Stretchable and soft electronics using liquid metals

MD Dickey - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The use of liquid metals based on gallium for soft and stretchable electronics is discussed.
This emerging class of electronics is motivated, in part, by the new opportunities that arise …

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 …

Soft, wearable robotics and haptics: Technologies, trends, and emerging applications

M Zhu, S Biswas, SI Dinulescu, N Kastor… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in the rapidly growing field of soft robotics highlight the potential for
innovations in wearable soft robotics to meet challenges and opportunities affecting …

A review of 3D‐printable soft pneumatic actuators and sensors: research challenges and opportunities

C Tawk, G Alici - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The soft robotics field is changing the way people think, build, interact, and most importantly
perceive robots. Robots have long been perceived as machines made of metals that their …

Emerging role of liquid metals in sensing

M Baharfar, K Kalantar-Zadeh - ACS sensors, 2022 - ACS Publications
Low melting point metals and alloys are the group of materials that combine metallic and
liquid properties, simultaneously. The fascinating characteristics of liquid metals (LMs) …

Stretchable capacitive sensors of torsion, strain, and touch using double helix liquid metal fibers

CB Cooper, K Arutselvan, Y Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soft and stretchable sensors have the potential to be incorporated into soft robotics and
conformal electronics. Liquid metals represent a promising class of materials for creating …

Miniature soft electromagnetic actuators for robotic applications

TN Do, H Phan, TQ Nguyen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic actuators (EMAs) serve the majority of motion control needs in fields
ranging from industrial robotics to automotive systems and biomedical devices, due to their …

Tactile sensing for minimally invasive surgery: Conventional methods and potential emerging tactile technologies

W Othman, ZHA Lai, C Abril… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As opposed to open surgery procedures, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) utilizes small skin
incisions to insert a camera and surgical instruments. MIS has numerous advantages such …

Liquid metals and their hybrids as stimulus–responsive smart materials

L Ren, X Xu, Y Du, K Kalantar-Zadeh, SX Dou - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The re-emergence of room temperature liquid metals presents an exciting paradigm for an
ideal combination of metallic and fluidic properties. The unique fluid metal features of non …