The challenge of effectively interacting with the environment is a huge obstacle in robotics
that needs more attention and innovation. Contact missions, in particular, provide inherent …

The human forearm produces torsional motions that are essential in daily activities such as
opening doors or containers. It has a large range of motion (ROM), can produce large …

Soft robotic arms are actively being researched due to their high potential, but they still face
challenges in terms of controllability due to their infinite degrees of freedom (DOFs). Hybrid …

Cerebellum-inspired control schemes simulate the control ability of the cerebellum and have
made achievements in the position control without considering the orientation of the …

Over recent decades, robots have become pervasive in various industries, yet their
presence in households remains limited despite the potential benefits they could offer …

Soft robotic manipulators have inherent advantages in underwater applications, as they
generate motion by deforming seamless muscles rather than having rotational joints or …

Aiming at achieving the object grasping task, an inchworm-snake inspired flexible robotic
manipulator (FRM) is presented in this article. By using both flexible and rigid materials in …

A stiffness-enhanced flexible manipulator merges the high stiffness and load-bearing
capacity of a rigid manipulator with the flexibility and safety of a soft manipulator, making it …

Traditional multi-degree-of-freedom actuators suffer from low manipulation accuracy, poor
electromagnetic compatibility, and considerable system complexity, due to their structure …

In this paper, angle attitude control is investigated for a networked pneumatic muscle
actuators system (NPMAS) with input quantization and disturbance. A hysteretic quantizer is …