Soft robots have shown promise across applications such as wearable assistance, gripping, manipulation, and locomotion, where adaptability, safety, and compliance are essential. These functions are largely enabled by a small set of fundamental actuation modes: contraction, bending, twisting, rotation, and stiffening; b...
Ming-Yuan Li, Russell Dickerson, Run-Ze Zuo et al.· Science Advances· 0 citations
Robots working in unstructured or partially unobservable environments must combine accurate motion with physical compliance that can passively correct contact misalignment. Soft robots provide this compliance but have struggled to precisely control their tip compliance and position. This paper presents a robot architec...