Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Sensing in soft robotics

C Hegde, J Su, JMR Tan, K He, X Chen, S Magdassi - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate
objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access …

Machine‐learning assisted electronic skins capable of proprioception and exteroception in soft robotics

S Shu, Z Wang, P Chen, J Zhong, W Tang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by natural biological systems, soft robots have recently been developed, showing
tremendous potential in real‐world applications because of their intrinsic softness and …

Artificial skin perception

M Wang, Y Luo, T Wang, C Wan, L Pan… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Skin is the largest organ, with the functionalities of protection, regulation, and sensation. The
emulation of human skin via flexible and stretchable electronics gives rise to electronic skin …

Soft robotic grippers

J Shintake, V Cacucciolo, D Floreano… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

Toward perceptive soft robots: Progress and challenges

H Wang, M Totaro, L Beccai - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few years, soft robotics has rapidly become an emerging research topic, opening
new possibilities for addressing real‐world tasks. Perception can enable robots to effectively …

Fusing stretchable sensing technology with machine learning for human–machine interfaces

M Wang, T Wang, Y Luo, K He, L Pan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sensors and algorithms are two fundamental elements to construct intelligent systems. The
recent progress in machine learning (ML) has produced great advancements in intelligent …

Progresses in tensile, torsional, and multifunctional soft actuators

M Zou, S Li, X Hu, X Leng, R Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft actuators have received intensive attention in the fields of soft robots, sensors,
intelligent control, artificial intelligence, and visual intelligence. By combination of tensile …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible sensors—from materials to applications

JC Costa, F Spina, P Lugoda, L Garcia-Garcia… - Technologies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Flexible sensors have the potential to be seamlessly applied to soft and irregularly shaped
surfaces such as the human skin or textile fabrics. This benefits conformability dependant …

Piezoresistive elastomer-based composite strain sensors and their applications

A Georgopoulou, F Clemens - ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Piezoresistive strain sensors dominate the field of soft elastomer sensors, with many
interesting findings and applications. Nevertheless, the methods of characterizing the …