Highlighted News
* August 2019 issue of Soft Robotics is already online
* Call for papers: Actuator 2020 (submission deadline: November 30, 2019)
New Videos
* Small packaging and delicate handling with soft robotics mGrip mini fingers (June 2019)
* Biohybrid soft robot arm (June 2019)
* Automated shapeshifting in robots (June 2019)
* Evaluation of 3D printed soft robots in radiation environments (July 2019)
* A miniature stretchable pump for the next generation of soft robots (August 2019)
* Fabrication of a soft composite finger (August 2019)
Published Journal
* Related review:
- Trends and challenges in robot manipulation (Science, June 2019)
- Robotic artificial muscles: Current progress and future perspectives (IEEE Trans. Robot., June 2019)
* Soft arm, manipulation, grasping:
- An adaptive actuation mechanism for anthropomorphic robot hands (Front. Robot. AI, July 2019)
- Long shape memory alloy tendon-based soft robotic actuators and implementation as a soft gripper (Sci. Rep., August 2019)
- Design of a soft composite finger with adjustable joint stiffness (Soft Robotics, August 2019)
* Soft locomotion, compliant locomotion:
- Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming (Nat. Commun., July 2019)
* Soft sensing, artificial skin, electronic skin:
- A biosensing soft robot: Autonomous parsing of chemical signals through integrated organic and inorganic interfaces (Sci. Robot, June 2019)
- A neuro-inspired artificial peripheral nervous system for scalable electronic skins (Sci. Robot, July 2019)
* Soft actuator, flexible actuator, compliant actuator:
- A soft ring oscillator (Sci. Robot, June 2019)
- Automatic design of soft dielectric elastomer actuators with optimal spatial electric fields (IEEE T. Robot., June 2019)
- Strain-programmable fiber-based artificial muscle (Science, July 2019)
- Leaf-inspired multiresponsive MXene-based actuator for programmable smart devices (Sci. Adv., July 2019)
- Topology optimization and 3D printing of multimaterial magnetic actuators and displays (Sci. Adv., July 2019)
- Dynamic modeling of dielectric elastomer actuators with a minimum energy structure (Smart Mater. Struct, July 2019)
- Stretchable pumps for soft machines (Nature, August 2019)
- Photothermally and magnetically controlled reconfiguration of polymer composites for soft robotics (Sci. Adv., August 2019)
* Soft robot application:
- Suit-type wearable robot powered by shape-memory-alloy-based fabric muscle (Sci. Rep., June 2019)
- Autonomous deployment of a solar panel using elastic origami and distributed shape-memory-polymer actuators (Phys. Rev. Applied, June 2019)
- Dynamic photovoltaic building envelopes for adaptive energy and comfort management (Nat. Energy, July 2019)
- A soft pneumatic inchworm double balloon (SPID) for colonoscopy (Sci. Rep., July 2019)
* Embodied intelligence, morphological computation, morphological change:
- Reconfigurable soft body trajectories using unidirectionally stretchable composite laminae (Nat. Commun., July 2019)
- Quantifying dynamic shapes in soft morphologies (Soft Robotics, July 2019)
- Theoretical foundation for design of friction-tunable soft finger with wrinkle’s morphology (IEEE RA-L, July 2019)
- Resilient machines through adaptive morphology (Nat. Mach. Intell., July 2019)
* Soft matter electronics, stretchable electronics:
- Electrolytic vascular systems for energy-dense robots (Nature, June 2019)
- Contact patterning by laser printing for flexible electronics on paper (npj Flexible Electronics, June 2019)
- A bionic stretchable nanogenerator for underwater sensing and energy harvesting (Nat. Commun, June 2019)
Conference Articles
- Reduced order vs. discretized lumped system models with absolute and relative states for continuum manipulators (Robotics: Science and Systems, June 2019)
- Automated shapeshifting for function recovery in damaged robots (Robotics: Science and Systems, June 2019)
- H-Infinity based Extended Kalman Filter for state estimation in highly nonlinear soft robotic system (American Control Conference, July 2019)
- Dynamic modeling and motion control of a soft robotic arm segment (American Control Conference, July 2019)
- Soft robotic bilateral hand rehabilitation system for fine motor learning (IEEE ICORR, July 2019)
Popular Articles
- Robo-fish powered by battery ‘blood’ (Nature News, June 2019)
- Shape-shifting, colour-switching ‘octopus’ emerges from a 3D printer (Nature Research Highlights, June 2019)
- How to teach soft robot navigation (ASME, June 2019)
- Robot squid and robot scallop showcase bio-inspired underwater propulsion (IEEE Spectrum, June 2019)
- Surprisingly speedy soft robot survives being stepped on (IEEE Spectrum, July 2019)
- This jellyfish robot is much more than just a good swimmer (Weird, July 2019)
- Superstrong artificial muscle can lift 1000 times its own weight (New Scientist, July 2019)
- Time heals all wounds, but this adhesive can help (Wyss Institute, July 2019)
- Scientists have created artificial electronic skin that can ‘feel’ like the real thing (Interesting Engineering, July 2019)
- Stretchy wearable patch allows two-way communication with robots (IEEE Spectrum, August 2019)
- Moldable rubik’s cube made by scientists could lead to useful data storage (Interesting Engineering, August 2019)
- Flexible design pursues PDK, power (EETimes, August 2019)
- Robot made of clay can sculpt its own body (IEEE Spectrum, August 2019)
- Finally, a robot that moves kind of like a tongue (Wired, August 2019)
- Soft robots are essential for future space exploration (ASME, August)
- The Navy has designed a robot that looks and swims like a marlin (TechLink, August 2019)