Proprioception is the ability to perceive environmental stimulations through internal sensory
organs. Enabling proprioception is critical for robots to be aware of the environmental …

Soft grippers are receiving growing attention due to their compliance-based interactive
safety and dexterity. Hybrid gripper with soft actuators enhanced by rigid constraints is …

Compliant robotic grippers are more robust to uncertainties in grasping and manipulation
tasks, especially when paired with tactile and proprioceptive feedback. Although …

Highly flexible and environmentally adaptive soft robots have received considerable
attention. There remains a demand for soft robots to realize the stiffness modulation and …

For a good soft gripper, it is desirable to have many grasping modes, variable stiffness and
high load capacity in order to adapt to all sort of target objects. However, most of the existing …

Compliant grasping is crucial for secure handling objects not only vary in shapes but also in
mechanical properties. We propose a novel soft robotic gripper with decoupled stiffness and …

High compliance and muscle-alike soft robotic grippers have shown promising performance
in addressing the challenges in traditional rigid grippers. Nevertheless, a lack of control …

Soft pneumatic grippers, which are based on soft pneumatic actuators have been widely
studied owing to their simple morphological structure, inherent compliance, and pliable …

Conventional soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are made of soft materials that facilitate safe
interaction and adaptability. In positioning and loading tasks, however, SPAs demonstrate …

Compared with traditional rigid grippers, soft grippers are made of lightweight and soft
materials and have the characteristics of flexible contact and strong adaptability, which are …