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 …

Soft robots' flexibility and compliance give them the potential to outperform traditional rigid-
bodied robots while performing multiple tasks in unexpectedly changing environments and …

From a functional standpoint, classic robots are not at all similar to biological systems. If
compared with rigid robots, animals' bodies look overly redundant, imprecise, and weak …

Embodied intelligence (intelligence that requires and leverages a physical body) is a well-
known paradigm in soft robotics, but its mathematical description and consequent …

Soft robotics aims at creating systems with improved performance of movement and
adaptability in unknown, challenging, environments and with higher level of safety during …

Proximity perception is a technology that has the potential to play an essential role in the
future of robotics. It can fulfill the promise of safe, robust, and autonomous systems in …

Abstract Shape-memory polymer (SMP)-based functional structures may now be produced
more efficiently via four-dimensional (4D) printing, benefiting from the recent advances in …

Artificial muscles are of significant value in robotic applications. Rigid artificial muscles
possess a strong load‐bearing capacity, while their deformation is small; soft artificial …

Humans rely on distributed tactile sensing in their hands to achieve robust and dexterous
manipulation of delicate objects. Soft robotic hands have received increased attention in …

The objective of this paper is to present a systematic review of existing sensor-based control
methodologies for applications that involve direct interaction between humans and robots, in …