Fast-Response, Stiffness-Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing

Mechanically Versatile Soft Machines through Laminar Jamming

(2018) Yashraj S. Narang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Thermomechanically Triggered Two-Stage Pattern Switching of 2D Lattices for Adaptive Structures

(2018) Chao Yuan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A eutectic-alloy-infused soft actuator with sensing, tunable degrees of freedom, and stiffness properties

(2018) Yufei Hao et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Controllable and reversible tuning of material rigidity for robot applications

(2018) Liyu Wang et al.   Materials Today

Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators with muscle-like performance

(2018) E. Acome et al.   SCIENCE

Biomedical applications of soft robotics

(2018) Matteo Cianchetti et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Stiffness Control With Shape Memory Polymer in Underactuated Robotic Origamis

(2017) Amir Firouzeh et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Soft robotic sleeve supports heart function

(2017) Ellen T. Roche et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Thermal cure effects on electromechanical properties of conductive wires by direct ink write for 4D printing and soft machines

(2017) Quanyi Mu et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Novel Variable-Stiffness Robotic Fingers with Built-In Position Feedback

(2017) Yang Yang et al.   Soft Robotics

Bioinspired Robotic Fingers Based on Pneumatic Actuator and 3D Printing of Smart Material

(2017) Yang Yang et al.   Soft Robotics

Direct 4D printing via active composite materials

(2017) Zhen Ding et al.   Science Advances

Morphing Metal and Elastomer Bicontinuous Foams for Reversible Stiffness, Shape Memory, and Self-Healing Soft Machines

(2016) Ilse M. Van Meerbeek et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stiffening in Soft Robotics: A Review of the State of the Art

(2016) Mariangela Manti et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

Novel Design and Three-Dimensional Printing of Variable Stiffness Robotic Grippers

(2016) Yang Yang et al.   Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics-Transactions of the ASME

Electrorheological Valves for Flexible Fluidic Actuators

(2016) Alice Tonazzini et al.   Soft Robotics

High-Force Soft Printable Pneumatics for Soft Robotic Applications

(2016) Hong Kai Yap et al.   Soft Robotics

Multi-shape active composites by 3D printing of digital shape memory polymers

(2016) Jiangtao Wu et al.   Scientific Reports

Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers

(2016) Qi Ge et al.   Scientific Reports

A novel type of compliant and underactuated robotic hand for dexterous grasping

(2015) Raphael Deimel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Recent progress in shape memory polymer: New behavior, enabling materials, and mechanistic understanding

(2015) Qian Zhao et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Soft robotic glove for combined assistance and at-home rehabilitation

(2015) Panagiotis Polygerinos et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Autonomous Object Manipulation Using a Soft Planar Grasping Manipulator

(2015) Robert K. Katzschmann et al.   Soft Robotics

Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly

(2014) Bobak Mosadegh et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A finite deformation thermomechanical constitutive model for triple shape polymeric composites based on dual thermal transitions

(2014) Qi Ge et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Pneumatic artificial rubber muscle using shape-memory polymer sheet with embedded electrical heating wire

(2014) Kazuto Takashima et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Active origami by 4D printing

(2014) Qi Ge et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Reduced time as a unified parameter determining fixity and free recovery of shape memory polymers

(2014) Kai Yu et al.   Nature Communications

Soft Robotics Technologies to Address Shortcomings in Today's Minimally Invasive Surgery: The STIFF-FLOP Approach

(2014) Matteo Cianchetti et al.   Soft Robotics

Autonomous Soft Robotic Fish Capable of Escape Maneuvers Using Fluidic Elastomer Actuators

(2014) Andrew D. Marchese et al.   Soft Robotics

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

(2014) Michael T. Tolley et al.   Soft Robotics

Soft Machines That are Resistant to Puncture and That Self Seal

(2013) Robert F. Shepherd et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Bioinspired Soft Actuated Material

(2013) Ellen T. Roche et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Active materials by four-dimension printing

(2013) Qi Ge et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A Novel Layer Jamming Mechanism With Tunable Stiffness Capability for Minimally Invasive Surgery

(2013) Yong-Jae Kim et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Soft-matter composites with electrically tunable elastic rigidity

(2013) Wanliang Shan et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A biomimetic robotic jellyfish (Robojelly) actuated by shape memory alloy composite actuators

(2011) Alex Villanueva et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

A 3D finite deformation constitutive model for amorphous shape memory polymers: A multi-branch modeling approach for nonequilibrium relaxation processes

(2011) Kristofer K. Westbrook et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Recent advances in polymer shape memory

(2011) Tao Xie   POLYMER

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tunable elastic stiffness with microconfined magnetorheological domains at low magnetic field

(2010) Carmel Majidi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Segmented Reinforcement Variable Stiffness Materials for Reconfigurable Surfaces

(2010) Geoffrey Mcknight et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

(2010) E. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA