Highlighted News
* Robosoft 2019 was successfully held in Seoul on April 14-18, 2019. The proceedings are available here
* More than seventy papers related to soft robotics were published in IEEE ICRA 2019
* Two workshops related to soft robotics (soft robotics across length scales and soft haptic interaction) were organized in IEEE ICRA 2019
* June 2019 issue of Soft Robotics is already online
* A dedicated book on metrics of sensory motor coordination and integration in robots and animals is published by Springer
* Call for workshop posters, “Marine bio-inspired soft robotics”, IEEE IROS 2019
New Videos
* Snake-inspired robot slithers even better than predecessor (April 2019)
* Beyond the metal: NASA investigating soft robots for space exploration (May 2019)
* Simplifying soft robots (May 2019)
* Shrink films get a grip: strong thermoplastic grippers (May 2019)
* Shrink films get a grip – Headline science (May 2019)
* Color-based proprioception of soft actuators interacting with objects (May 2019)
* Soft hands with embodied constraints: The soft scoopgripper (June 2019)
* Ingress protection of a robotic gripper (June 2019)
Published Journal
* Soft arm, manipulation, grasping:
- Shrink films get a grip (ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., April 2019)
* Soft locomotion, compliant locomotion:
- Propagation of pop ups in kirigami shells (Proc Natl Acad Sci., April 2019)
- Programming soft robots with flexible mechanical metamaterials (Sci Robot., April 2019)
* Soft actuator, flexible actuator, compliant actuator:
- A flexible shaft-driven remote and torsionally compliant actuator (RTCA) for wearable robots (Mechatronics, May 2019)
- Anisotropic and self-healing hydrogels with multi-responsive actuating capability (Nat Commun., May 2019)
- Elastomeric prepregs for soft robotics applications (Adv. Eng. Mater., May 2019)
- Tension pistons: Amplifying piston force using fluid‐induced tension in flexible materials (Adv Funct Mater., June 2019)
* Soft robot application:
- A Flexible shaft-driven Remote and Torsionally Compliant Actuator (RTCA) for wearable robots (Mechatronics, May 2019)
* Soft matter electronics, stretchable electronics:
- A dynamic thermoregulatory material inspired by squid skin (Nat Commun., April 2019)
- Amorphous FeZr metal for multi-functional sensor in electronic skin (npj flex. electron., April 2019)
- Self-healing materials for soft-matter machines and electronics (NPG Asia Mater., May 2019)
Conference Articles
- The proceedings of Robosoft 2019 are available here
- More than seventy papers related to soft robotics presented in IEEE ICRA can be found here
Popular Articles
- Inflatable robots are destined for space, if we can control them (IEEE Spectrum, April 2019)
- Soft-bubble: A highly compliant dense geometry tactile sensor for robot manipulation (IEEE Spectrum, April 2019)
- Robots created with 3D printers could be caring for those in golden years: New design method to create soft robots (ScienceDaily, April 2019)
- Soft circuits to control soft robots (IEEE Spectrum, April 2019)
- This snake inspired robot will freak you out (Interesting Engineering, April 2019)
- Innovations in soft robotics research (Asme.org, April 2019)
- Blurring the line between science, art, and design (Wyss Institute, May 2019)
- These robotic objects are designed to be stabbed and beaten to help you feel better (IEEE Spectrum, May 2019)
- Pistons are muscling up (Wyss Institute, June 2019)