Soft Robotics

Article	Citations
Soft Robotics in Minimally Invasive Surgery	243
Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping	128
A Geometrically Exact Model for Soft Continuum Robots: The Finite Element Deformation Space Formulation	119
Magnetically Actuated Soft Capsule Endoscope for Fine-Needle Biopsy	101
Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities	91
Toward a Common Framework and Database of Materials for Soft Robotics	89
A Fully Multi-Material Three-Dimensional Printed Soft Gripper with Variable Stiffness for Robust Grasping	88
Closed-Loop Haptic Feedback Control Using a Self-Sensing Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin	82
Fluidic Fabric Muscle Sheets for Wearable and Soft Robotics	82
A Versatile Soft Crawling Robot with Rapid Locomotion	79
Novel Bending and Helical Extensile/Contractile Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Inspired by Elephant Trunk	74
Fiber Optic Shape Sensing for Soft Robotics	73
A Wearable Soft Haptic Communicator Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators	72
Hybrid Jamming for Bioinspired Soft Robotic Fingers	72
Bioinspired Three-Dimensional-Printed Helical Soft Pneumatic Actuators and Their Characterization	71
Soft Rod-Climbing Robot Inspired by Winding Locomotion of Snake	71
Design, Modeling, and Evaluation of Fabric-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Wearable Assistive Gloves	60
Shape Memory Alloy-Based Soft Finger with Changeable Bending Length Using Targeted Variable Stiffness	57
Fabrication and Dynamic Modeling of Bidirectional Bending Soft Actuator Integrated with Optical Waveguide Curvature Sensor	55
MakeSense: Automated Sensor Design for Proprioceptive Soft Robots	54
Electrohydraulic Actuator for a Soft Gripper	51
A Machine-Learning-Based Approach to Solve Both Contact Location and Force in Soft Material Tactile Sensors	49
An Origami Continuum Robot Capable of Precise Motion Through Torsionally Stiff Body and Smooth Inverse Kinematics	49
Harnessing Viscous Flow to Simplify the Actuation of Fluidic Soft Robots	48
Swimming Performance of a Tensegrity Robotic Fish	46

Sensorized, Flat, Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Embedded with Biomimetic Microfluidic Sensors for Proprioceptive Feedback	46
Soft Robots for Ocean Exploration and Offshore Operations: A Perspective	43
Additive Manufacturing for Self-Healing Soft Robots	42
Adaptive Variable Stiffness Particle Phalange for Robust and Durable Robotic Grasping	41
On Planar Discrete Elastic Rod Models for the Locomotion of Soft Robots	39
Pneumatically Actuated Soft Gripper with Bistable Structures	39
Swimming Performance of the Frog-Inspired Soft Robot	39
Interfacing Soft and Hard: A Spring Reinforced Actuator	39
Twisted-and-Coiled Actuators with Free Strokes Enable Soft Robots with Programmable Motions	38
MagWorm: A Biomimetic Magnet Embedded Worm-Like Soft Robot	38
Modal-Based Kinematics and Contact Detection of Soft Robots	38
Bio-Inspired Shape-Adaptive Soft Robotic Grippers Augmented with Electroadhesion Functionality	38
Laser-Profiled Continuum Robot with Integrated Tension Sensing for Simultaneous Shape and Tip Force Estimation	37
Soft and Fast Hopping–Running Robot with Speed of Six Times Its Body Length Per Second	37
A Super-Lightweight and Soft Manipulator Driven by Dielectric Elastomers	36
Directional Shape Morphing Transparent Walking Soft Robot	35
Circular Shell Gripper for Handling Food Products	35
Body Wave Generation for Anguilliform Locomotion Using a Fiber-Reinforced Soft Fluidic Elastomer Actuator Array Toward the Development of the Eel-Inspired Underwater Soft Robot	34
Novel Accordion-Inspired Foldable Pneumatic Actuators for Knee Assistive Devices	34
Fiber Jamming Transition as a Stiffening Mechanism for Soft Robotics	33
Phase Changing Materials-Based Variable-Stiffness Tensegrity Structures	33
A Deformable Interface for Human Touch Recognition Using Stretchable Carbon Nanotube Dielectric Elastomer Sensors and Deep Neural Networks	32
Soft Humanoid Hands with Large Grasping Force Enabled by Flexible Hybrid Pneumatic Actuators	31
Harnessing the Multistability of Kresling Origami for Reconfigurable Articulation in Soft Robotic Arms	31
Reachability Improvement of a Climbing Robot Based on Large Deformations Induced by Tri-Tube Soft Actuators	31
Passive Morphological Adaptation for Obstacle Avoidance in a Self-Growing Robot Produced by Additive Manufacturing	31
Multimaterial 3D Printing for Microrobotic Mechanisms	31
Untethered Soft Robotics with Fully Integrated Wireless Sensing and Actuating Systems for Somatosensory and Respiratory Functions	30
Rolling Locomotion of Cable-Driven Soft Spherical Tensegrity Robots	29
A Layer Jamming Actuator for Tunable Stiffness and Shape-Changing Devices	29
Analytical Modeling and Design of Generalized Pneu-Net Soft Actuators with Three-Dimensional Deformations	29
Texture Discrimination with a Soft Biomimetic Finger Using a Flexible Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Array That Provides Sensory Feedback	28
Design and Computational Modeling of a 3D Printed Pneumatic Toolkit for Soft Robotics	28
Lightweight Highly Tunable Jamming-Based Composites	27
Designing Fiber-Reinforced Soft Actuators for Planar Curvilinear Shape Matching	27
Pre-Programmed Tri-Layer Electro-Thermal Actuators Composed of Shape Memory Polymer and Carbon Nanotubes	27
An Underwater Robotic Manipulator with Soft Bladders and Compact Depth-Independent Actuation	27
Multimode Grasping Soft Gripper Achieved by Layer Jamming Structure and Tendon-Driven Mechanism	27
Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation	26
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications	26
Recent Progress of Soft Electrothermal Actuators	26
Variable Stiffness Devices Using Fiber Jamming for Application in Soft Robotics and Wearable Haptics	26
Toward Task Autonomy in Robotic Cardiac Ablation: Learning-Based Kinematic Control of Soft Tendon-Driven Catheters	25
Integration, Sensing, and Control of a Modular Soft-Rigid Pneumatic Lower Limb Exoskeleton	25
SoGut: A Soft Robotic Gastric Simulator	25
Pneumatic Supply System Parameter Optimization for Soft Actuators	25
Exploring Behaviors of Caterpillar-Like Soft Robots with a Central Pattern Generator-Based Controller and Reinforcement Learning	25
Modeling and Analysis of Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Symmetrical Chambers Used for Bionic Robotic Fish	24
Optimal Design of a Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism to Deliver a Nearly Constant Output Force Over a Range of Input Displacements	24
Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial Muscles	24

Patient-Specific Magnetic Catheters for Atraumatic Autonomous Endoscopy	24
A Novel Fabric Muscle Based on Shape Memory Alloy Springs	24
A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Robot Based on Compliant Guiding Structure	24
A Novel Tendon-Driven Soft Actuator with Self-Pumping Property	24
Soft Miniaturized Actuation and Sensing Units for Dynamic Force Control of Cardiac Ablation Catheters	23
Twisted Rubber Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscles	23
Mechanoreception for Soft Robots via Intuitive Body Cues	23
Single-Input Control of Multiple Fluid-Driven Elastic Actuators via Interaction Between Bistability and Viscosity	23
Design and Development of a Growing Pneumatic Soft Robot	22
A Soft Ring-Shaped Actuator for Radial Contracting Deformation: Design and Modeling	22
Soft Actuators Based on Liquid–Vapor Phase Change Composites	22
3D Printing Microactuators for Soft Microrobots	22
Position and Force Control of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator	21
3D Printed Biomimetic Soft Robot with Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality	21
Optical Sensor-Embedded Pneumatic Artificial Muscle for Position and Force Estimation	21
Limpet II: A Modular, Untethered Soft Robot	21
An Exoneuromusculoskeleton for Self-Help Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke	21
Continuum Robotic Caterpillar with Wirelessly Powered Shape Memory Alloy Actuators	20
Soft Robotic Pad Maturing for Practical Applications	20
Design of a Soft Composite Finger with Adjustable Joint Stiffness	20
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications	20
A Snake-Inspired Layer-Driven Continuum Robot	19
Tensegrity Robotics	19
Pneumatically Controlled Reconfigurable Bistable Bionic Flower for Robotic Gripper	19
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System	19
A Human-Inspired Soft Finger with Dual-Mode Morphing Enabled by Variable Stiffness Mechanism	18
Tendon-Driven Jamming Mechanism for Configurable Variable Stiffness	18
Tactile Model O: Fabrication and Testing of a 3D-Printed, Three-Fingered Tactile Robot Hand	18
A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Gripper for Universal Adaptable Grasping	18
Global Vision-Based Formation Control of Soft Robotic Fish Swarm	18
An Analysis of Peristaltic Locomotion for Maximizing Velocity or Minimizing Cost of Transport of Earthworm-Like Robots	18
Recurrent Braiding of Thin McKibben Muscles to Overcome Their Limitation of Contraction	18
A Shapeshifting Ferrofluidic Robot	17
Closed-Loop Control Through Self-Sensing of a Joule-Heated Twisted and Coiled Polymer Muscle	17
Turning in Worm-Like Robots: The Geometry of Slip Elimination Suggests Nonperiodic Waves	17
A Soft Exoskeleton for Tremor Suppression Equipped with Flexible Semiactive Actuator	17
Flexoskeleton Printing Enables Versatile Fabrication of Hybrid Soft and Rigid Robots	16
An Untethered Soft Robot Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers	16
Soft, Wearable, and Pleated Pneumatic Interference Actuator Provides Knee Extension Torque for Sit-to-Stand	16
Bone-Inspired Bending Soft Robot	16
Design, Analysis, and Grasping Experiments of a Novel Soft Hand: Hybrid Actuator Using Shape Memory Alloy Actuators, Motors, and Electromagnets	16
All-Soft Skin-Like Structures for Robotic Locomotion and Transportation	16
Tubular Jamming: A Variable Stiffening Method Toward High-Force Applications with Soft Robotic Components	16
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation	16
Fluid Mechanics of Pneumatic Soft Robots	16
Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost Silicone and Water-Based Soft Actuator with a High Load-to-Weight Ratio	15
Compliant, Large-Strain, and Self-Sensing Twisted String Actuators	15
Versatile Soft Robot Gripper Enabled by Stiffness and Adhesion Tuning via Thermoplastic Composite	15
Triboelectric Effect-Driven Liquid Metal Actuators	15
Bioinspired Variable Stiffness Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Large and Tunable Load Capacity	15
RoSE: A Robotic Soft Esophagus for Endoprosthetic Stent Testing	14
Integrated Design of Actuation and Mechanism of Dielectric Elastomers Using Topology Optimization Based on Fat Bezier Curves	14
Bioinspired High-Degrees of Freedom Soft Robotic Glove for Restoring Versatile and Comfortable Manipulation	14
Flexible Capacitive Curvature Sensor with One-Time Calibration for Amphibious Gait Monitoring	14
Low-Voltage-Driven Large-Amplitude Soft Actuators Based on Phase Transition	14
LM-Jelly: Liquid Metal Enabled Biomimetic Robotic Jellyfish	14
Stiffness-Tunable Soft Gripper with Soft-Rigid Hybrid Actuation for Versatile Manipulations	14
Geometric Confined Pneumatic Soft–Rigid Hybrid Actuators	14
Flexible Manipulator with Low-Melting-Point Alloy Actuation and Variable Stiffness	13
Bioinspired, Shape-Morphing Scale Battery for Untethered Soft Robots	13
A Layered Manufacturing Approach for Soft and Soft-Rigid Hybrid Robots	13
Self-Regulating Plant Robots: Bioinspired Heliotropism and Nyctinasty	13
Robotic Trajectories and Morphology Manipulation of Single Particle and Granular Materials by a Vibration Tweezer	12
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics	12
Efficient Multiaxial Shoulder-Motion Tracking Based on Flexible Resistive Sensors Applied to Exosuits	12
Two-Dimensional Thermal Haptic Module Based on a Flexible Thermoelectric Device	12
FifoBots: Foldable Soft Robots for Flipping Locomotion	12
Experimental Investigation into the Dynamics of a Radially Contracting Actuator with Embedded Sensing Capability	12
Facile Analytical Extraction of the Hyperelastic Constants for the Two-Parameter Mooney–Rivlin Model from Experiments on Soft Polymers	12
Anguilliform Swimming Performance of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot	11
Fluid–Structure Coupling Model and Experimental Validation of Interaction Between Pneumatic Soft Actuator and Lower Limb	11
Miniaturized Circuitry for Capacitive Self-Sensing and Closed-Loop Control of Soft Electrostatic Transducers	11
Action Augmentation of Tactile Perception for Soft-Body Palpation	11
One-Shot 3D-Printed Multimaterial Soft Robotic Jamming Grippers	11
Poisson Induced Bending Actuator for Soft Robotic Systems	11
Robust Multimodal Indirect Sensing for Soft Robots Via Neural Network-Aided Filter-Based Estimation	11
A Wearable Textile-Embedded Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Haptic Display	10
An Adaptive Bioinspired Foot Mechanism Based on Tensegrity Structures	10
Electrically Activated Soft Robots: Speed Up by Rolling	10
Leveraging Viscous Peeling to Create and Activate Soft Actuators and Microfluidic Devices	10

Highly Stretchable and Durable Conductive Knitted Fabrics for the Skins of Soft Robots	10
Microfiber-Shaped Programmable Materials with Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel	10
Inflatable Particle-Jammed Robotic Gripper Based on Integration of Positive Pressure and Partial Filling	10
Untethered-Bioinspired Quadrupedal Robot Based on Double-Chamber Pre-charged Pneumatic Soft Actuators with Highly Flexible Trunk	10
Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping	9
Untethered Multimode Fluidic Actuation: A New Approach to Soft and Compliant Robotics	9
Surface Actuation and Sensing of a Tensegrity Structure Using Robotic Skins	9
Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Bimodal Bending Response Using a Single Pressure Source	9
Reconfigurable Particle Swarm Robotics Powered by Acoustic Vibration Tweezer	9
Force Control of a 3D Printed Soft Gripper with Built-In Pneumatic Touch Sensing Chambers	9
Fully Soft Pressure Sensor Based on Bionic Spine–Pillar Structure for Robotics Motion Monitoring	8
A Bioinspired Compliant 3D-Printed Soft Gripper	8
A Soft Robot for Peripheral Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy	8
Monolithic Three-Dimensional Functionally Graded Hydrogels for Bioinspired Soft Robots Fabrication	8
A Biologically Inspired Ring-Shaped Soft Pneumatic Actuator for Large Deformations	8
Quantifying Dynamic Shapes in Soft Morphologies	8
Electronic Skin to Feel “Pain”: Detecting “Prick” and “Hot” Pain Sensations	8
Three-Layered Design of Electrothermal Actuators for Minimal Voltage Operation	7
Origami Spring-Inspired Shape Morphing for Flexible Robotics	7
A Wide-Range Stiffness-Tunable Soft Actuator Inspired by Deep-Sea Glass Sponges	7
Variable Stiffness Electroadhesion and Compliant Electroadhesive Grippers	7
Single-Actuator Soft Robot for In-Pipe Crawling	7
Three-Fingered Soft Pneumatic Gripper Integrating Joint-Tuning Capability	7
Sim-to-Real for High-Resolution Optical Tactile Sensing: From Images to Three-Dimensional Contact Force Distributions	7
Armor-Based Stable Force Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Steady Actuation Properties	7
A Gas–Ribbon-Hybrid Actuated Soft Finger with Active Variable Stiffness	7
A Soft Material Flow Sensor for Micro Air Vehicles	7
A Cephalopod-Inspired Soft-Robotic Siphon for Thrust Vectoring and Flow Rate Regulation	7