Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …
Shape sensing techniques for continuum robots in minimally invasive surgery: A survey
Continuum robots provide inherent structural compliance with high dexterity to access the
surgical target sites along tortuous anatomical paths under constrained environments and …
surgical target sites along tortuous anatomical paths under constrained environments and …
[HTML][HTML] Triboelectric nanogenerator sensors for soft robotics aiming at digital twin applications
Designing efficient sensors for soft robotics aiming at human machine interaction remains a
challenge. Here, we report a smart soft-robotic gripper system based on triboelectric …
challenge. Here, we report a smart soft-robotic gripper system based on triboelectric …
Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) enabled virtual shop applications using self‐powered sensor enhanced soft robotic manipulator
Rapid advancements of artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) technology pave the way for
developing a digital‐twin‐based remote interactive system for advanced robotic‐enabled …
developing a digital‐twin‐based remote interactive system for advanced robotic‐enabled …
Kinematics, dynamics, and control of a cable-driven hyper-redundant manipulator
A cable-driven hyper-redundant manipulator has superior dexterity for confined space
applications. However, the modeling and control considering the cables are very complex. In …
applications. However, the modeling and control considering the cables are very complex. In …
End-effector pose and arm-shape synchronous planning methods of a hyper-redundant manipulator for spacecraft repairing
Compared with traditional industrial robots, a hyper-redundant manipulator (HRM) has
better flexibility, especially in obstacle avoidance, narrow restricted space crossing and fault …
better flexibility, especially in obstacle avoidance, narrow restricted space crossing and fault …
Shape estimation and control of a soft continuum robot under external payloads
Finding the shape of a continuum robot is a challenging task, especially in a constrained
environment where external sensors like cameras are unable to provide sufficient …
environment where external sensors like cameras are unable to provide sufficient …
Laser-profiled continuum robot with integrated tension sensing for simultaneous shape and tip force estimation
A Gao, N Liu, M Shen, M EMK Abdelaziz… - Soft robotics, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The development of miniaturized continuum robots has a wide range of applications in
minimally invasive endoluminal interventions. To navigate inside tortuous lumens without …
minimally invasive endoluminal interventions. To navigate inside tortuous lumens without …
Development of a novel continuum robotic system for maxillary sinus surgery
W Hong, L Xie, J Liu, Y Sun, K Li… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lesions in the maxillary sinus area are usually treated with endoscopic interventional
surgery. However, target lesions are often hardly accessible with conventional surgical tools …
surgery. However, target lesions are often hardly accessible with conventional surgical tools …
Dynamic modeling and trajectory tracking control method of segmented linkage cable-driven hyper-redundant robot
J Peng, W Xu, T Yang, Z Hu, B Liang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The dynamics modeling and trajectory optimization of a segmented linkage cable-driven
hyper-redundant robot (SL-CDHRR) become more challenging, since there are multiple …
hyper-redundant robot (SL-CDHRR) become more challenging, since there are multiple …