7 accepted papers
Soft robots, with advantages of high adaptability to the environment, relatively easy and simple fabrication process as well as promising performances, have been thoroughly investigated and widely applied lately, the superiority of which has been proved in areas such as medicine, industry, daily lif
Soft robot is known for great safety in human-centered environments due to its inherent compliance. However, the compliance resulting from the soft continuum structure and viscoelastic material also induces challenges for sensing and control of soft robots. In this letter, we propose a proprioceptiv
Soft robotic arms are receiving more and more attention for their intrinsic safety and natural compliance. Instead of traditional serialized rotary joints, soft robotic arms often have complex joints with coupled degrees of freedom like bending, rotation, and elongation, enabling them with more free
This letter presents a novel soft robotic glove system for assistive and rehabilitative applications, offering a powerful, low-profile, and convenient solution for the growing elderly and patient population. The low-profile soft glove worn by the user weighs below 50 g, providing cable-driven flexio
This letter presents a dexterous soft robotic hand, BCL-13, with 4 fingers and 13 independently actuated joints capable of in-hand manipulation. The iconic dexterity is enabled by a novel soft robotic finger design with three degrees of freedom (DOFs), significantly improving over existing soft actu
Impact safety and response are critical challenges for robots working under dynamic environments and with close proximity to humans. State-of-the-art rigid robots and soft robots both have limitations and tradeoffs due to their characteristics. In this letter, we introduced a hybrid-antagonistic-pne
Soft robots are inherently compliant and adaptive, therefore they are promising candidates for interacting with humans. However robotic manipulators utilizing soft actuators are often constrained by a series of actuator performance limitations. In this work we design a novel linear soft robotic actu…