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 …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities in robotic food handling: A review

Z Wang, S Hirai, S Kawamura - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite developments in robotics and automation technologies, several challenges need to
be addressed to fulfill the high demand for automating various manufacturing processes in …

Inchworm inspired multimodal soft robots with crawling, climbing, and transitioning locomotion

Y Zhang, D Yang, P Yan, P Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although many soft robots, capable of crawling or climbing, have been well developed,
integrating multimodal locomotion into a soft robot for transitioning between crawling and …

High‐Stroke, High‐Output‐Force, Fabric‐Lattice Artificial Muscles for Soft Robots

D Yang, M Feng, G Gu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial muscles, providing safe and close interaction between humans and machines, are
essential in soft robotics. However, their insufficient deformation, output force, or …

Glowing Sucker Octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis)‐Inspired Soft Robotic Gripper for Underwater Self‐Adaptive Grasping and Sensing

M Wu, X Zheng, R Liu, N Hou, WH Afridi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A soft gripper inspired by the glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis)'highly
evolved grasping capability enabled by the umbrella‐shaped dorsal and ventral membrane …

Soft robotic grippers for crop handling or harvesting: A review

JF Elfferich, D Dodou, C Della Santina - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, harvesting delicate and high-value fruits, vegetables, and edible fungi requires a
large input of manual human labor. The relatively low wages and many health problems the …

[HTML][HTML] Self-vectoring electromagnetic soft robots with high operational dimensionality

W Li, H Chen, Z Yi, F Fang, X Guo, Z Wu, Q Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soft robots capable of flexible deformations and agile locomotion similar to biological
systems are highly desirable for promising applications, including safe human-robot …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D printed modular soft gripper integrated with metamaterials for conformal grasping

C Tawk, R Mutlu, G Alici - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A single universal robotic gripper with the capacity to fulfill a wide variety of gripping and
grasping tasks has always been desirable. A three-dimensional (3D) printed modular soft …

A multimodal, reconfigurable workspace soft gripper for advanced grasping tasks

S Jain, S Dontu, JEM Teoh, PVY Alvarado - Soft Robotics, 2023 - liebertpub.com
A new generation of soft functional materials and actuator designs has ushered the
development of highly advanced soft grippers as adaptive alternatives to traditional rigid end …

Soft robotic surface enhances the grasping adaptability and reliability of pneumatic grippers

W Xiao, C Liu, D Hu, G Yang, X Han - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft grippers are an emerging field of robotics in recent years owing to their reduced control
complexity, easy fabrication, and excellent compliance. However, the small contact area and …