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 …

Toward perceptive soft robots: Progress and challenges

H Wang, M Totaro, L Beccai - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few years, soft robotics has rapidly become an emerging research topic, opening
new possibilities for addressing real‐world tasks. Perception can enable robots to effectively …

[PDF][PDF] 软体机器人: 结构, 驱动, 传感与控制

王田苗, 郝雨飞, 杨兴帮, 文力 - 机械工程学报, 2017 - scholar.archive.org
软体机器人由软材料加工而成, 自身可连续变形, 与刚性机器人相比具有更高的柔顺性,
安全性和适应性, 在人机交互, 复杂易碎品抓持和狭小空间作业等方面具有不可比拟的优势 …

Pneumatic soft robots: Challenges and benefits

H Su, X Hou, X Zhang, W Qi, S Cai, X Xiong, J Guo - Actuators, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the field of robotics, soft robots have been showing great potential in the areas of medical
care, education, service, rescue, exploration, detection, and wearable devices due to their …

Shape sensing techniques for continuum robots in minimally invasive surgery: A survey

C Shi, X Luo, P Qi, T Li, S Song… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuum robots provide inherent structural compliance with high dexterity to access the
surgical target sites along tortuous anatomical paths under constrained environments and …

Continuum robots for manipulation applications: A survey

S Kolachalama, S Lakshmanan - Journal of Robotics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a literature survey documenting the evolution of continuum robots over
the past two decades (1999–present). Attention is paid to bioinspired soft robots with respect …

Multi-modal deformation and temperature sensing for context-sensitive machines

R Baines, F Zuliani, N Chennoufi, S Joshi… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Owing to the remarkable properties of the somatosensory system, human skin compactly
perceives myriad forms of physical stimuli with high precision. Machines, conversely, are …

Feedback control of soft robot actuators via commercial flex bend sensors

G Gerboni, A Diodato, G Ciuti… - IEEE/ASME …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is an emerging field that takes advantage of compliant materials and makes
use of nonstandard actuators. Flexible fluid actuators (FFAs) use fluid pressure to produce …

Fiber optic shape sensing for soft robotics

KC Galloway, Y Chen, E Templeton, B Rife… - Soft robotics, 2019 - liebertpub.com
While soft material actuators can undergo large deformations to execute very complex
motions, what is critically lacking in soft material robotic systems is the ability to collect high …

Wearable optical fiber sensors in medical monitoring applications: A review

X Zhang, C Wang, T Zheng, H Wu, Q Wu, Y Wang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wearable optical fiber sensors have great potential for development in medical monitoring.
With the increasing demand for compactness, comfort, accuracy, and other features in new …