[HTML][HTML] Pneumatic soft robots: Challenges and benefits

H Su, X Hou, X Zhang, W Qi, S Cai, X Xiong, J Guo - Actuators, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the field of robotics, soft robots have been showing great potential in the areas of medical
care, education, service, rescue, exploration, detection, and wearable devices due to their …

A review of soft manipulator research, applications, and opportunities

X Chen, X Zhang, Y Huang, L Cao… - Journal of Field …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft manipulator is a kind of special manipulator that uses soft material or flexible structure to
perform manipulation task under the specific drive mode inspired by the soft tissue. It is …

Position and stiffness control of an antagonistic variable stiffness actuator with input delay using super-twisting sliding mode control

A Javadi, R Chaichaowarat - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Motor dynamics in antagonistic variable stiffness actuator (AVSA) is generally disregarded in
control system design. This ignorance can lead to an inaccurate system model, affecting the …

Adaptive control of soft robots based on an enhanced 3D augmented rigid robot matching

M Trumić, C Della Santina, K Jovanović… - 2021 American …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite having proven successful in generating precise motions under dynamic conditions
in highly deformable soft-bodied robots, model based techniques are also prone to …

Learning-based approach for a soft assistive robotic arm to achieve simultaneous position and force control

Z Tang, P Wang, W Xin, C Laschi - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics have demonstrated great advantages in assisting elderly/disabled people
during daily tasks, owing to their highly dexterous motions and safe human-robot …

[HTML][HTML] Model reference predictive adaptive control for large-scale soft robots

P Hyatt, CC Johnson, MD Killpack - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Past work has shown model predictive control (MPC) to be an effective strategy for
controlling continuum joint soft robots using basic lumped-parameter models. However, the …

Prescribed performance-tangent barrier lyapunov function for adaptive neural backstepping control of variable stiffness actuator with input and output constraints

Y Xia, JY Li, YK Song, JX Wang, YF Han… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Due to the complexity of modeling and the strong transmission coupling, the rich
background of rigid actuator control has not been transferred to variable stiffness actuator …

Flatness-based control in successive loops for electropneumatic actuators and robots

G Rigatos, M Abbaszadeh, J Pomares - IFAC Journal of Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The control problem for the nonlinear dynamics of robotic and mechatronic systems with
electropneumatic actuation is solved with the use of a flatness-based control approach …

Thin piezoelectric mobile robot using curved tail oscillation

H Lim, SW Kim, JB Song, Y Cha - Ieee Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel piezoelectric material-based soft mobile robot is proposed. The robot
consists of a thin film body and a soft polyvinylidene fluoride-based tail. The tail has a …

Robust and decoupled position and stiffness control for electrically-driven articulated soft robots

S Pedone, M Trumić, K Jovanović… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The control of articulated soft robots, ie robots with flexible joints and rigid links, presents a
challenge due to their intrinsic elastic elements and nonlinear force-deflection dependency …