Fully exploiting soft robots' capabilities requires devising strategies that can accurately
control their movements with the limited amount of control sources available. This task is …

The aim of this article is to propose a bio-inspired morphological classification for soft robots
based on an extended review process. The morphology of living beings that inspire soft …

Experiments on physical continuum robot are the gold standard for evaluations. Currently,
as no commercial continuum robot platform is available, a large variety of early-stage …

In the field of soft robotics, knowledge of material science is becoming more and more
important. However, many researchers have a background in only one of both domains. To …

Soft-robot designs are manifold, but only a few are publicly available. Often, these are only
briefly described in their publications. This complicates reproduction and hinders the …

Continuum robots for application in medicine are of high interest in recent research.
However, as most systems in literature show complex and large actuator units, setting up …

Soft robots grew to prominence in large part because they promised a new and exciting
means for engineers to develop robots that are both highly adaptable and safe for direct …

Continuum joints use structural elastic deformations to enable joint motion, and their intrinsic
compliance and inherent mechanical robustness are envisioned for applications in which …

Soft robots have many advantages over rigid robots thanks to their compliant and passive
nature. However, it is generally challenging to model the dynamics of soft robots due to their …

As robots increasingly collaborate with humans and navigate complex, unstructured
environments, soft robots have emerged as an alternative to rigid ones. These robots …