Sensing in soft robotics

C Hegde, J Su, JMR Tan, K He, X Chen, S Magdassi - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate
objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access …

Soft robotics: A review of recent developments of pneumatic soft actuators

J Walker, T Zidek, C Harbel, S Yoon, FS Strickland… - Actuators, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems …

Highly stretchable self-sensing actuator based on conductive photothermally-responsive hydrogel

CY Lo, Y Zhao, C Kim, Y Alsaid, R Khodambashi… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Soft robots built with active soft materials have been increasingly attractive. Despite
tremendous efforts in soft sensors and actuators, it remains extremely challenging to …

3D printing technologies: techniques, materials, and post-processing

I Karakurt, L Lin - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing, or more commonly known as 3D printing, has been at the forefront
of manufacturing research for the past couple decades. Many advances have occurred in …

Challenges of continuum robots in clinical context: a review

T da Veiga, JH Chandler, P Lloyd… - Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
With the maturity of surgical robotic systems based on traditional rigid-link principles, the rate
of progress slowed as limits of size and controllable degrees of freedom were reached …

3D/4D-printed bending-type soft pneumatic actuators: Fabrication, modelling, and control

A Zolfagharian, MAP Mahmud, S Gharaie… - Virtual and Physical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) that are manufactured entirely via
additive manufacturing methods. These actuators are known as four-dimensional (4D) …

A review of soft manipulator research, applications, and opportunities

X Chen, X Zhang, Y Huang, L Cao… - Journal of Field …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft manipulator is a kind of special manipulator that uses soft material or flexible structure to
perform manipulation task under the specific drive mode inspired by the soft tissue. It is …

Distributed proprioception of 3D configuration in soft, sensorized robots via deep learning

RL Truby, C Della Santina, D Rus - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Creating soft robots with sophisticated, autonomous capabilities requires these systems to
possess reliable, on-line proprioception of 3D configuration through integrated soft sensors …

UV-laser-machined stretchable multi-modal sensor network for soft robot interaction

J Ham, AK Han, MR Cutkosky, Z Bao - NPJ Flexible Electronics, 2022 - nature.com
Soft robotic hands can facilitate human–robot interaction by allowing robots to grasp a wide
range of objects safely and gently. However, their performance has been hampered by a …

A Robo-hand prototype design gripping device within the framework of sustainable development

AS Yasser, AJ Amer, V Lyashenko, V Yevsieiev… - 2023 - openarchive.nure.ua
Анотація In the modern world, the rate of science development is far ahead of the rate of
latest research results implementation. For research results implementation, it is necessary …