The octopus couples controllable adhesives with intricately embedded sensing, processing,
and control to manipulate underwater objects. Current synthetic adhesive–based …

In this paper, a novel robotic grasping system is established to automatically pick up objects
in cluttered scenes. A composite robotic hand composed of a suction cup and a gripper is …

Inflatable systems have been attracting attention in the field of interaction design.
Conventional tabletop-sized pneumatic systems tend to be complex because they require …

Compared to rigid components, soft robots that are intelligent, autonomous, and untethered
offer enhanced compliance and adaptability, making them suitable for applications in …

In recent years, actuators that handle fluids such as gases and liquids have been attracting
attention for their applications in soft robots and shape-changing interfaces. In the field of …

This article describes a soft suction cup end effector with squid-inspired suction generation
and an octopus-inspired cup design that uses a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) to …

Soft robots have great potential to realize machines that interact and coexist with humans. A
key technology to realize soft robots is soft fluidic actuators. Previously, we developed a soft …

An electrochemical dual transducer (ECDT) based on a chemical reaction is a new fluidic
machine for self-sensing actuation. Recently, incorporating sensors has enhanced the …

The development and widespread use of digital fabrication techniques has accelerated the
fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) objects, enabling not only to design their shapes but …

The smart city is an integrated environment that heavily relies on intelligent robots, which
provides the basis for the warehouse automation. However, a warehouse is a typical …