Vacuum-Powered Soft Pneumatic Twisting Actuators to Empower New Capabilities for Soft Robots

Slit Tubes for Semisoft Pneumatic Actuators

(2018) Lee Belding et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Reconfigurable Omnidirectional Soft Robot Based on Caterpillar Locomotion

(2018) Jun Zou et al.   Soft Robotics

Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles

(2017) Shuguang Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

(2017) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

Amoeba-like self-oscillating polymeric fluids with autonomous sol-gel transition

(2017) Michika Onoda et al.   Nature Communications

Soft, Rotating Pneumatic Actuator

(2017) Alar Ainla et al.   Soft Robotics

Soft Dielectric Elastomer Oscillators Driving Bioinspired Robots

(2017) E.-F. Markus Henke et al.   Soft Robotics

Arthrobots

(2017) Alex Nemiroski et al.   Soft Robotics

Rotary Actuators Based on Pneumatically Driven Elastomeric Structures

(2016) Xiangyu Gong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Robotic Blocks: Introducing SoBL, a Fast-Build Modularized Design Block

(2016) Jun-Young Lee et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray

(2016) S.-J. Park et al.   SCIENCE

Total mesorectal excision using a soft and flexible robotic arm: a feasibility study in cadaver models

(2016) Alberto Arezzo et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

A Novel, Variable Stiffness Robotic Gripper Based on Integrated Soft Actuating and Particle Jamming

(2016) Ying Wei et al.   Soft Robotics

Versatile and Dexterous Soft Robotic Leg System for Untethered Operations

(2016) John Waynelovich et al.   Soft Robotics

Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs

(2016) Kevin C. Galloway et al.   Soft Robotics

Negative-Pressure Soft Linear Actuator with a Mechanical Advantage

(2016) Dian Yang et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle

(2016) Dian Yang et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Soft Actuation of Structured Cylinders through Auxetic Behavior

(2015) Arnaud Lazarus et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Buckling of Elastomeric Beams Enables Actuation of Soft Machines

(2015) Dian Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanical Programming of Soft Actuators by Varying Fiber Angle

(2015) Fionnuala Connolly et al.   Soft Robotics

A Bioinspired Soft Robotic Gripper for Adaptable and Effective Grasping

(2015) Mariangela Manti et al.   Soft Robotics

Using “Click-e-Bricks” to Make 3D Elastomeric Structures

(2014) Stephen A. Morin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Flexible pneumatic twisting actuators and their application to tilting micromirrors

(2014) Benjamin Gorissen et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

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

(2014) Matteo Cianchetti et al.   Soft Robotics

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

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

Magnetic Assembly of Soft Robots with Hard Components

(2013) Sen W. Kwok et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Meshworm: A Peristaltic Soft Robot With Antagonistic Nickel Titanium Coil Actuators

(2013) Sangok Seok et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

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

Miniature Pneumatic Curling Rubber Actuator Generating Bidirectional Motion with One Air-Supply Tube

(2011) Shuichi Wakimoto et al.   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

Multigait soft robot

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