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 …

[PDF][PDF] 软体机械臂仿生机理, 驱动及建模控制研究发展综述

闫继宏, 石培沛, 张新彬, 赵杰 - 机械工程学报, 2018 - qikan.cmes.org
软体机械臂由柔性材料制作, 具有高柔顺性, 复杂环境适应性及安全人机交互性等特点,
研究涉及材料学, 仿生, 机械设计和制造, 传感器技术等多学科交叉融合, 其发展为柔性材料应用 …

Continuous control of a soft continuum arm using deep reinforcement learning

S Satheeshbabu, NK Uppalapati, T Fu… - 2020 3rd IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft Continuum Arms (SCAs) are challenging to control due to their highly nonlinear
characteristics and sensitivity to external loading. Recent efforts to address the control …

Elasticity versus hyperelasticity considerations in quasistatic modeling of a soft finger-like robotic appendage for real-time position and force estimation

A Shiva, SMH Sadati, Y Noh, J Fraś, A Ataka… - Soft …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Various methods based on hyperelastic assumptions have been developed to address the
mathematical complexities of modeling motion and deformation of continuum manipulators …

Design and modeling of soft continuum manipulators using parallel asymmetric combination of fiber-reinforced elastomers

NK Uppalapati, G Krishnan - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Soft continuum arms (SCAs) have a large workspace, dexterity, and adaptability, but at the
cost of complex design construction highlighted by concatenating several serial segments …

[PDF][PDF] Review of biomimetic mechanism, actuation, modeling and control in soft manipulators

闫继宏, 石培沛, 张新彬, 赵杰 - Journal of mechanical engineering, 2018 - qikan.cmes.org
Soft manipulators are new type of machine mainly made of soft materials. They possess the
characteristics of high flexibility, good adaptability to complex environment and safely …

VaLeNS: Design of a novel variable length nested soft arm

NK Uppalapati, G Krishnan - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the last decade, soft continuum arms (SCAs) have successfully demonstrated the
compliance and dexterity needed to operate in unstructured environments and handle …

Novel design and modeling of a soft pneumatic actuator based on antagonism mechanism

Y Chen, J Zhang, Y Gong - Actuators, 2020 - mdpi.com
The soft actuator possesses the characteristics of flexibility, environmental adaptability, and
human–machine interaction. Firstly, aiming to resolve the limitation of variable stiffness …

[HTML][HTML] Zero-shot model-free learning of periodic movements for a bio-inspired soft-robotic arm

P Oikonomou, A Dometios, M Khamassi… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, soft robots gain increasing attention as a result of their compliance when
operating in unstructured environments, and their flexibility that ensures safety when …

Design of soft continuum manipulators using parallel asymmetric combination of fiber reinforced elastomers

NK Uppalapati, G Krishnan - 2018 - engrxiv.org
Soft continuum manipulators have large workspace, dexterity and adaptability, but at the
cost of complex design construction highlighted by concatenating several individually …