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Jul 2026
Self-supporting braided textile structures for soft robotics: Mechanics, design, and emerging applications
Tubular braided structures are widely used in soft robotics as passive constraint layers in McKibben-type actuators. Recent studies have shown that they can also serve as self-supporting structural bodies, where the braid itself provides shape adaptability, load transfer, and functional deformation. This review focuses...
Zufeng Shang, Tao Wang, Dezhong Gao
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