Humans possess dexterous hands that surpass those of other animals, enabling them to
perform intricate, complex movements. Soft hands, known for their inherent flexibility, aim to …

This paper is dedicated to soft grippers, robot tools with a wide application area in various
activities where an accurate and delicate grabbing movement is required such as routine …

Adaptability to unstructured objects and the avoidance of target damage are critical
challenges for flexible grippers in fruit-picking robots. Most existing flexible grippers have …

Stiffness or elasticity estimation of everyday objects using robot grippers is highly desired for
object recognition or classification in application areas like food handling and single-stream …

Drought is a main abiotic stress facing agriculture and forestry production and its impacts are
exacerbated by climate change. Accurately and effectively monitoring the drought stress …

Precise measurement of firmness was crucial for determining optimal harvesting times,
implementing rational storage strategies and minimizing avoidable waste. Current …

This paper presents a novel multifunction flexible sensor with simultaneous pressure
sensing and ultrasonic detection functions for the inspection of objects' internal and external …

This work pioneers the application of direct ink writing (DIW) to fabricate elastomeric
additively manufactured vision based tactile sensor (VBTS). DIW cuts down the fabrication …

Tactile measurement endows robots with the ability to interact with the environment, which is
crucial for accurately predicting grasp outcomes. However, this field has some areas for …

Recent research in the medical field has increasingly focused on tissue repair, tumor
detection, and associated therapeutic techniques. A significant challenge in Minimally …