Soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) play an important role in leading the development of soft
robotics. However, due to the inherent characteristics of soft materials, the low driving force …

Purpose Soft grippers have safer and more adaptable human–machine and environment–
machine interactions than rigid grippers. However, most soft grippers with single gripping …

Various robotic grippers have been developed over the past several decades for robotic
manipulators. Especially, the soft grippers based on the soft pneumatic actuator (SPA) have …

In grasping operations, when facing unstructured environments, the use of soft-body
grippers can be a good solution to the problem of grasping objects that are inconvenient to …

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 …

The established soft pneumatic grippers have the benefit of flexible and compliant gripping,
but they cannot withstand lateral loads, due to the low stiffness of soft material. This paper …

Pneumatic grippers are one of the most potential research directions in the field of soft
robotics. However, due to the inherent characteristics of soft materials and the limitations of …

This study presents the design and test of a novel self-adaptive soft gripper, integrating
pneumatic actuators and bistable carbon-fiber reinforced polymer laminates. The …

In recent years, soft pneumatic actuators with soft and flexible materials have been widely
studied in the field of soft gripper and soft bionic robot. Up to present, the soft actuators …

Soft bending actuators are being used in many applications such as in soft robotics and
medical devices due to their compliant behavior and safe interaction. These soft actuators …