OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soft Robotics is 36. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Toward a Common Framework and Database of Materials for Soft Robotics	197
Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities	134
Soft Robots for Ocean Exploration and Offshore Operations: A Perspective	90
An Origami Continuum Robot Capable of Precise Motion Through Torsionally Stiff Body and Smooth Inverse Kinematics	80
MagWorm: A Biomimetic Magnet Embedded Worm-Like Soft Robot	71
Pneumatically Actuated Soft Gripper with Bistable Structures	69
Harnessing the Multistability of Kresling Origami for Reconfigurable Articulation in Soft Robotic Arms	68
Variable Stiffness Devices Using Fiber Jamming for Application in Soft Robotics and Wearable Haptics	68
Adaptive Variable Stiffness Particle Phalange for Robust and Durable Robotic Grasping	67
Patient-Specific Magnetic Catheters for Atraumatic Autonomous Endoscopy	61
Multimode Grasping Soft Gripper Achieved by Layer Jamming Structure and Tendon-Driven Mechanism	61
Additive Manufacturing for Self-Healing Soft Robots	60
Tensegrity Robotics	59
Twisted-and-Coiled Actuators with Free Strokes Enable Soft Robots with Programmable Motions	59
Fiber Jamming Transition as a Stiffening Mechanism for Soft Robotics	56
Modal-Based Kinematics and Contact Detection of Soft Robots	54
Circular Shell Gripper for Handling Food Products	54
Analytical Modeling and Design of Generalized Pneu-Net Soft Actuators with Three-Dimensional Deformations	54
Soft Humanoid Hands with Large Grasping Force Enabled by Flexible Hybrid Pneumatic Actuators	51
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications	47
Texture Discrimination with a Soft Biomimetic Finger Using a Flexible Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Array That Provides Sensory Feedback	45
A Layer Jamming Actuator for Tunable Stiffness and Shape-Changing Devices	45
A Snake-Inspired Layer-Driven Continuum Robot	44
LM-Jelly: Liquid Metal Enabled Biomimetic Robotic Jellyfish	43
Lightweight Highly Tunable Jamming-Based Composites	42

Pneumatic Supply System Parameter Optimization for Soft Actuators	39
Toward Task Autonomy in Robotic Cardiac Ablation: Learning-Based Kinematic Control of Soft Tendon-Driven Catheters	39
Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation	38
3D Printed Biomimetic Soft Robot with Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality	38
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System	38
An Exoneuromusculoskeleton for Self-Help Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke	38
Recent Progress of Soft Electrothermal Actuators	38
Global Vision-Based Formation Control of Soft Robotic Fish Swarm	38
Soft Actuators Based on Liquid–Vapor Phase Change Composites	37
Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial Muscles	37
Optimal Design of a Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism to Deliver a Nearly Constant Output Force Over a Range of Input Displacements	36