Review of machine learning methods in soft robotics

D Kim, SH Kim, T Kim, BB Kang, M Lee, W Park, S Ku… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Soft robots have been extensively researched due to their flexible, deformable, and adaptive
characteristics. However, compared to rigid robots, soft robots have issues in modeling …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A survey on design, actuation, modeling, and control of continuum robot

J Zhang, Q Fang, P Xiang, D Sun, Y Xue… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2022 - spj.science.org
In this paper, we describe the advances in the design, actuation, modeling, and control field
of continuum robots. After decades of pioneering research, many innovative structural …

Continuum robots for manipulation applications: A survey

S Kolachalama, S Lakshmanan - Journal of Robotics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a literature survey documenting the evolution of continuum robots over
the past two decades (1999–present). Attention is paid to bioinspired soft robots with respect …

Hierarchical control of soft manipulators towards unstructured interactions

H Jiang, Z Wang, Y Jin, X Chen, P Li… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Performing daily interaction tasks such as opening doors and pulling drawers in
unstructured environments is a challenging problem for robots. The emergence of soft …

A survey for machine learning-based control of continuum robots

X Wang, Y Li, KW Kwok - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Soft continuum robots have been accepted as a promising category of biomedical robots,
accredited to the robots' inherent compliance that makes them safely interact with their …

Open loop position control of soft continuum arm using deep reinforcement learning

S Satheeshbabu, NK Uppalapati… - … on Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robots undergo large nonlinear spatial deformations due to both inherent actuation and
external loading. The physics underlying these deformations is complex, and often requires …

Model-based online learning and adaptive control for a “human-wearable soft robot” integrated system

ZQ Tang, HL Heung, KY Tong… - The International Journal …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Soft robots are considered intrinsically safe with regard to human–robot interaction. This has
motivated the development and investigation of soft medical robots, such as soft robotic …

[HTML][HTML] Gaussian process regression for forward and inverse kinematics of a soft robotic arm

C Relaño, J Muñoz, CA Monje - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of soft robotics to perform tasks and interact with the environment requires good
system identification. Data-driven methods offer a promising alternative where traditional …

A fuzzy reinforcement learning approach for continuum robot control

M Goharimanesh, A Mehrkish… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2020 - Springer
Continuum robots (CRs) hold great potential for many medical and industrial applications
where compliant interaction within the potentially confined environment is required …