The rapidly growing field of soft robotics owes its success to the vast vistas of possibilities
they promise. They may be utilized as standalone systems or work in harmony with the …

Safety is a critical success factor for consumer acceptance of domestic robotic products.
Some researchers have adopted the head injury criterion (HIC) as absolute safety norm …

Soft robotics is a fast-emerging interdisciplinary field combining mechatronics, control,
material science and biomimetics. With their unique inherent compliance feature, soft robots …

Soft Robotics is now considered one of the most promising frontiers for robotics research
and technological innovation. The enormous growth of this field in the last few years has …

For about the last ten years, the scientific world of robotics has been influenced by
worldwide innovative stimuli from research inspired by biological processes. Instead of rigid …

Different branches of technology are striving to come up with new advancements that will
enhance civilization and ultimately improve the quality of life. In the robotics community …

The physical characteristics of animals' bodies are substantially different from those of
classic robots. Elastic tendons, ligaments, and muscles enable animals to robustly interact …

For at least two generations the world of robots has promised so much. Those of us who
grew up in the exciting early days of space exploration expected to see machines working …

Robots tend to be designed to replace human beings, so as to efficiently finish some tasks in
a repeatable or dangerous situation, bring us huge economic value and good services [1–7] …

Domestic robotics is a growing sector with the potential for a large number of commercial
applications. Robotics technologies have been successfully applied in industrial production …