Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Control strategies for soft robot systems

J Wang, A Chortos - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

[HTML][HTML] Review of machine learning methods in soft robotics

D Kim, SH Kim, T Kim, BB Kang, M Lee, W Park, S Ku… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Soft robots have been extensively researched due to their flexible, deformable, and adaptive
characteristics. However, compared to rigid robots, soft robots have issues in modeling …

Soft robotic manipulator for intraoperative MRI-guided transoral laser microsurgery

G Fang, MCK Chow, JDL Ho, Z He, K Wang, TC Ng… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (MRI) provides compelling features for the guidance of
interventional procedures, including high-contrast soft tissue imaging, detailed visualization …

Soft robotic manipulators: Designs, actuation, stiffness tuning, and sensing

W Dou, G Zhong, J Cao, Z Shi, B Peng… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotic manipulators are continuum robots made of soft materials and flexible
components. The goal of soft robotic manipulators research is to enable these manipulators …

[HTML][HTML] A survey on design, actuation, modeling, and control of continuum robot

J Zhang, Q Fang, P Xiang, D Sun, Y Xue… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2022 - spj.science.org
In this paper, we describe the advances in the design, actuation, modeling, and control field
of continuum robots. After decades of pioneering research, many innovative structural …

Intelligent soft surgical robots for next‐generation minimally invasive surgery

J Zhu, L Lyu, Y Xu, H Liang, X Zhang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Endowed with the expected visions for future surgery, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has
become one of the most rapid developing areas in modern surgery. Soft robotics, which …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A survey for machine learning-based control of continuum robots

X Wang, Y Li, KW Kwok - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Soft continuum robots have been accepted as a promising category of biomedical robots,
accredited to the robots' inherent compliance that makes them safely interact with their …

[HTML][HTML] Review on generic methods for mechanical modeling, simulation and control of soft robots

P Schegg, C Duriez - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In this review paper, we are interested in the models and algorithms that allow generic
simulation and control of a soft robot. First, we start with a quick overview of modeling …