Soft, wearable robotics and haptics: Technologies, trends, and emerging applications

M Zhu, S Biswas, SI Dinulescu, N Kastor… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in the rapidly growing field of soft robotics highlight the potential for
innovations in wearable soft robotics to meet challenges and opportunities affecting …

Human augmentation by wearable supernumerary robotic limbs: review and perspectives

D Prattichizzo, M Pozzi, TL Baldi… - Progress in …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) are wearable robots designed to enhance the
sensorimotor abilities of humans. SRLs can be used to compensate for lost functions in …

Design and computational modeling of fabric soft pneumatic actuators for wearable assistive devices

PH Nguyen, W Zhang - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Assistive wearable soft robotic systems have recently made a surge in the field of biomedical
robotics, as soft materials allow safe and transparent interactions between the users and …

[HTML][HTML] Review of research and development of supernumerary robotic limbs

Y Tong, J Liu - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2021 - ieee-jas.net
Supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) are a new type of wearable human auxiliary
equipment, which is currently a hot research topic in the world. SRLs have broad …

A suite of robotic solutions for nuclear waste decommissioning

I Vitanov, I Farkhatdinov, B Denoun, F Palermo… - Robotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dealing safely with nuclear waste is an imperative for the nuclear industry. Increasingly,
robots are being developed to carry out complex tasks such as perceiving, grasping, cutting …

SoMoGym: A toolkit for developing and evaluating controllers and reinforcement learning algorithms for soft robots

MA Graule, TP McCarthy, CB Teeple… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotsoffer a host of benefits over traditional rigid robots, including inherent compliance
that lets them passively adapt to variable environments and operate safely around humans …

I need a third arm! eliciting body-based interactions with a wearable robotic arm

M Muehlhaus, M Koelle, A Saberpour… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Wearable robotic arms (WRA) open up a unique interaction space that closely integrates the
user's body with an embodied robotic collaborator. This space affords diverse interaction …

Leveraging the human operator in the design and control of supernumerary robotic limbs

J Guggenheim, R Hoffman, H Song… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A human has over 200 muscles in the body, creating a high degree of flexibility and
redundancy in movement. This paper exploits this high degree of redundancy for the …

A comprehensive grasp taxonomy of continuum robots

A Mehrkish, F Janabi-Sharifi - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
Continuum robots (CRs) have been the subject of intensive research in recent years due to
their wide range of potential applications. Research on grasp taxonomy plays a key role in a …

Human assistance and augmentation with wearable soft robotics: a literature review and perspectives

EQ Yumbla, Z Qiao, W Tao, W Zhang - Current Robotics Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Wearable soft robotics has demonstrated many unique
capabilities in human assistance and augmentation. This paper discusses the recent trends …