The challenges ahead for bio-inspired 'soft' robotics

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Model-Based Control of Soft Robots: A Survey of the State of the Art and Open Challenges (2021, background): “Of the many review articles about soft robotics [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], only [11] is focused on the control challenge, which does not follow a model-based approach.”
Liquid crystal elastomers: an introduction and review of emerging technologies (2018, background): “Electroactive polymers are capable of two-way shape changing [161,162], but a high voltage is typically needed for large deformation [157,163].”
Flexible and Stretchable Electronics Paving the Way for Soft Robotics (2014, neutral): “49,50 One of the ultimate goals of modern robotics is their seamless interfacing with humans.”
A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot (2014, neutral): “13 In addition to their soft actuators, these previous untethered soft robots also contained rigid structural components and did not locomote in gaits that required lifting their masses against gravity.”
Soft Robotics: New Perspectives for Robot Bodyware and Control (2014, positive): “…current thinking in robotics that fast, efficient, and robust behavior can be achieved by adequately exploiting material properties and in particular softness (Pfeifer et al., 2012), and that soft materials may enable us to automate tasks that are beyond capacities of current robotics technology.”