Purpose of review In this review, we briefly summarize the numerical methods commonly
used for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of soft robotic systems. The underlying mechanical …

Interest in soft gloves, both robotic and haptic, has enormously grown over the past decade,
due to their inherent compliance, which makes them particularly suitable for direct …

In order to assist patients with finger rehabilitation training and grasping objects, we propose
a new type of soft rehabilitation gloves (SRGs), which has both flexion/extension and …

The soft pneumatic actuator (SPA) has strong flexibility and good compliance, allowing its
assembly into a multi-functional soft gripper that can be applied to object grasping and …

Compared with rigid robots, soft robots have the advantages of strong environmental
adaptability, good human-robot interaction, and simple control systems; therefore, soft …

Pneumatic and tendon‐driven actuators are widely used in soft robotic glove design.
Tendon‐driven robotic gloves are generally better in controllability, dexterity, and force …

Soft actuator technology is extensively utilized in robotic manipulation applications.
However, several existing designs of soft actuators suffer from drawbacks such as a complex …

In recent decades, extensive attention has been paid to the study and development of
robotic devices specifically designed for hand rehabilitation. Accordingly, a many concepts …

When compressing a soft bellow, the bellow will contract and pump out the fluid inside the
bellow. Utilizing this property, we propose a novel actuation method called compressing …

Many achievements for soft grippers are made in the structure design and grasping of target
objects. However, there are limited studies on grasping objects with different attributes by …