From a functional standpoint, classic robots are not at all similar to biological systems. If
compared with rigid robots, animals' bodies look overly redundant, imprecise, and weak …

In this paper, we describe the advances in the design, actuation, modeling, and control field
of continuum robots. After decades of pioneering research, many innovative structural …

Continuum robots are not constructed with discrete joints but, instead, change shape and
position their tip by flexing along their entire length. Their narrow curvilinear shape makes …

This paper investigates the model-based nonlinear control of a class of soft continuum
pneumatic manipulators that bend due to pressurization of their internal chambers and that …

The cable-driven redundant manipulator (CDRM) has a light slender and highly dexterous
body, which is especially suitable for fine manipulation in confined spaces or unstructured …

Dynamic motions are a key feature of robotic arms, enabling them to perform tasks quickly
and efficiently. A majority of real‐world soft robots rely on a quasistatic control approach …

Magnetic continuum manipulators (MCMs) are a class of continuum robots that can be
actuated without direct contact by an external magnetic field. MCMs operating in confined …

In this article, we present a novel and generic data-driven method to servo-control the 3-D
shape of continuum and soft robots based on proprioceptive sensing feedback …

The field of soft manipulators requires a more promising solution, including efficient
structures and controllers. This article presents a novel cable–pneumatic hybrid-driven …

Elastomer-based soft-continuum robots with an extensible backbone exhibit high flexibility.
These manipulators might show nonlinear kinematic behaviors due to, for example, the …