Purpose of review In this review, we briefly summarize the numerical methods commonly
used for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of soft robotic systems. The underlying mechanical …

Tensegrity structures have attracted garnered significant attention in soft robotics. However,
current modeling methods lack a unified framework to address forward and inverse solutions …

The operation and control of the cable-driven continuum robot (CDCR) is directly
determined by the actuation of cables, and the relationship between the driving length and …

Folding a flat sheet under a specific crease pattern can form a three-dimensional origami
tube, which has been proven to exhibit unique mechanical properties and has wide …

Compliant grasping is an important function of continuum robots that interact with humans
and/or unpredictable environments. However, the existing robots often have cross‐sections …

Mobile robots with multi locomotion modes have excellent terrain adaptability. However,
traditional multi-locomotion mobile robots are usually actuated by a large number of motors …

Soft robots exhibit promising dexterity and adaptability for manipulation because of their
high compliance. However, the existing soft robots with invariant stiffness hardly interact with …

绳驱柔性机械臂具有高形变, 质量小, 能耗低等优点, 伴随机器人应用的发展,
针对绳驱软柔性机械臂的精准建模与有效控制成为国内外学者的重点研究方向 …

Continuum robots offer significant advantages over traditional ones in some specific
scenarios, such as urban search and rescue, minimally invasive surgery, and inspection of …

In this paper, a modeling, cooperative planning and compliant control method is presented
for multi-arm space continuous robots in target manipulation. Firstly, according to the closed …