In nature, tip-localized growth allows navigation in tightly confined environments and
creation of structures. Recently, this form of movement has been artificially realized through …

Compliant continuum robots (CCRs) have slender and elastic bodies. Compared with a
traditional serial robot, they have more degrees of freedom and can deform their flexible …

Wireless energy transmission and harvesting techniques have recently emerged as
attractive solutions to realize wireless powered networks. By eliminating fundamental power …

Tendon-driven continuum robots show promise for use in surgical applications as they can
assume complex configurations to navigate along tortuous paths. However, to achieve these …

Soft-growing robots are innovative devices that feature plant-inspired growth to navigate
environments. Thanks to their embodied intelligence of adapting to their surroundings and …

Soft pneumatic actuators are used to steer soft growing “vine” robots while being flexible
enough to undergo the tip eversion required for growth. In this study, we compared the …

Continuum and soft robots can leverage complex actuator shapes to take onuseful shapes
while actuating only a few of their many degrees of freedom. Continuum robotsthat alsogrow …

Tip-extending soft robots, taking flexible film or rubber as body material and fluid pressure as
input power, exhibit excellent advantages in constrained and cluttered environments for …

Soft robot serial chain manipulators with the capability for growth, stiffness control, and
discrete joints have the potential to approach the dexterity of traditional robot arms, while …

Inflated-beam soft robots, such as tip-everting vine robots, can control curvature by
contracting one beam side via pneumatic actuation. This work develops a general finite …