Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics.

By Sangbae Kim, Cecilia Laschi, B. Trimmer. Trends in Biotechnology, 2013

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Control Strategies for Soft Robotic Manipulators: A Survey (2018, positive): “Leveraged by their light weight, compact, and inherently safe structure, they can be used in various complex scenarios with elementary control strategies.(9,10) Current trends in soft robot are individual efforts based on novel actuation, design, sensing, and control technologies for particular appl”
Morphing in nature and beyond: a review of natural and synthetic shape-changing materials and mechanisms (2016, background): “[16] Kim S, Laschi C, Trimmer B (2013) Soft robotics: a”
Flexible and Stretchable Electronics Paving the Way for Soft Robotics (2014, positive): “Soft sensors and actuators enabled by flexible and stretchable electronics can offer transformational opportunities for soft robots.(49,50) One of the ultimate goals of modern robotics is their seamless interfacing with humans.”
Soft Robots Manufacturing: A Review (2018, background): “Finally, bioinspiration is a vast source of inspiration for soft robots (Kim et al., 2013) as it has fueled the field since its early beginnings.”
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.”