The 20th century's robotic systems have been made from stiff materials, and much of the
developments have pursued ever more accurate and dynamic robots, which thrive in …

Flexible instruments, ie instruments presenting a great number of degrees of freedom and
able to perform snake-like movements when avoiding obstacles, can find a lot of …

In this work we investigate the influence of fiber angle on the deformation of fiber-reinforced
soft fluidic actuators and examine the manner in which these actuators extend axially …

Soft-bending actuators are inherently compliant, compact, and lightweight. They are
preferable candidates over rigid actuators for robotic applications ranging from physical …

Microscale soft-robots hold great promise as safe handlers of delicate micro-objects but their
wider adoption requires micro-actuators with greater efficiency and ease-of-fabrication. Here …

Soft actuators driven by pneumatic pressure are promising actuators for mechanical systems
in medical, biological, agriculture, welfare fields and so on, because they can ensure high …

In medical and biotechnology fields, soft devices are required because of their high safety
from low mechanical impedance. FMA (Flexible Microactuator) is one of the typical soft …

This work presents multiple methods of creating high aspect ratio fluidic soft actuators that
can be formed individually or in large arrays via dip coating. Within this methodology, four …

Flexible fluidic actuators recently attracted the interest of the microsystem community,
especially for soft robotic applications including minimally invasive surgery. These actuators …

This paper presents a dynamic modeling and microscopic vibration suppression for a
flexible macro-micro manipulator dedicated to high-speed operation. The manipulator …