7 accepted papers
In the above-named work, published in the July 2018 issue of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, there is a missing citation in Sec. II-C. The citation should appear after the sentence "Since it is difficult to precisely model the inflation of the fabrics, we have the following assumptions" in
Traditional rigid robotic arms have been widely used in various industries. They own the merits of high force output, precise control, and high efficiency. However, a rigid robotic arm is seldom used by people in daily life, as the cost is usually high and, most importantly, its rigidity, large weig
The recent developments of soft robots have inspired a variety of applications that require compliance for safety and softness for biomimetics. With such prevalence and advantages of soft robots, researchers are diverting their interests toward applications like micromanipulation of biological tissu
This letter presents a fully fabric-based bidirectional soft robotic glove designed to assist hand impaired patients in rehabilitation exercises and performing activities of daily living. The glove provides both active finger flexion and extension for hand assistance and rehabilitative training, thr
Silicone-based soft pneumatic actuator (SPA) is one of the key interests in soft robotic research. Currently, most of the SPAs bear a similar one-dimensional rod-like shape, regardless of their design and fabrication. There are few prototypes of SPAs with two-dimensional initial shapes, however, the…
Silicone-based bending soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) have been very popular, since they provide solutions to many applications that require comfort and safety. However, their further utilization seems to be thwarted due to their limited force output. Force output can be the most important property
Flexible robotic manipulators have been widely used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and many other applications requiring closer inspection and operation. Although a variety of manipulators enabled by different mechanism have been developed, few of them can preserve softness, thinness, and decen