Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems …

Soft robotic devices have desirable traits for applications in minimally invasive surgery (MIS),
but many interdisciplinary challenges remain unsolved. To understand current technologies …

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 …

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 …

Nowadays, the most adopted model for the design and control of soft robots is the piecewise
constant curvature model, with its consolidated benefits and drawbacks. In this work, an …

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 …

Soft and continuum robots driven by tendons or cables have wide-ranging applications, and
many mechanics-based models for their behavior have been proposed. In this paper, we …

In the medical field and in soft robotics, flexible devices are required for safe human
interaction, while rigid structures are required to withstand the force application and …

Robot-assisted surgeries have been integrated and leading to a paradigm shift in surgical
fields. With the emergence of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), especially Natural Orifice …