Soft Robotics

Papers
(The H4-Index of Soft Robotics is 39. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Soft Robotic Perspective and Concept for Planetary Small Body Exploration128
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications107
Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Force Sensor Incorporated into Soft Robotic Gripper for Improved Grasping Stability103
Frictional Anisotropic Locomotion and Adaptive Neural Control for a Soft Crawling Robot96
An Untethered Soft Robot Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers95
Bioinspired, Shape-Morphing Scale Battery for Untethered Soft Robots92
Shape Reconstruction of Extensible Continuum Manipulator Based on Soft Sensors89
Design and Control of Lightweight Bionic Arm Driven by Soft Twisted and Coiled Artificial Muscles86
Model-Based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Soft Robots via Distributed Strain Sensing84
YoMo: Yoshimura Continuum Manipulator for MR Environment71
Magnetic Soft Catheter Robot System for Minimally Invasive Treatments of Articular Cartilage Defects68
Steering Muscle-Based Bio-Syncretic Robot Through Bionic Optimized Biped Mechanical Design64
Stiffness Tunable Magnetic Actuators Based on Shape Memory Polymer/NdFeB Composite for Segmental Controllable Motion64
Chemically Driven Oscillating Soft Pneumatic Actuation62
Mechanics and Morphological Compensation Strategy for Trimmed Soft Whisker Sensor60
Human-Inspired Tactile Perception System for Real-Time and Multimodal Detection of Tactile Stimuli59
Skeletonizing the Dynamics of Soft Continuum Body from Video58
Biomimetic Octopus Suction Cup with Attachment Force Self-Sensing Capability for Cardiac Adhesion58
Optimal Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuated Multibody Dynamical Systems58
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation57
ZodiAq: An Isotropic Flagella-Inspired Soft Underwater Drone for Safe Marine Exploration57
Advancing Soft Robot Proprioception Through 6D Strain Sensors Embedding56
Harnessing Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Locomotion and Mechanical Intelligence in a Soft Robot54
Nanotextured Soft Electrothermo-Pneumatic Actuator for Constructing Lightweight, Integrated, and Untethered Soft Robotics54
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications51
Improvement of Precision Grasping Performance by Interaction Between Soft Finger Pulp and Hard Nail50
Hygromachines: Humidity-Powered Wheels, Seesaws, and Vehicles50
A Dual-Modal Hybrid Gripper with Wide Tunable Contact Stiffness Range and High Compliance for Adaptive and Wide-Range Grasping Objects with Diverse Fragilities49
Performance Enhancement of Soft Nanotextured Thermopneumatic Actuator by Incorporating Silver Nanowires into Elastomer Body49
Magnetic Liquid Metal Droplet Robot with Multifunction and High Output Force in Milli-Newton48
Selaginella lepidophylla-Inspired Multi-Stimulus Cooperative Control MXene-Based Flexible Actuator47
Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Air-Based Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Pumpless Pneumatic Actuation45
A Passively Conforming Soft Robotic Gripper with Three-Dimensional Negative Bending Stiffness Fingers44
A Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper Based on Rotational Layer Jamming44
A Variable Stiffness Bioinspired Swallowing Gripper Based on Particle Jamming44
A Biomimetic Adhesive Disc for Robotic Adhesion Sliding Inspired by the Net-Winged Midge Larva43
A Versatile Topology-Optimized Compliant Actuator for Soft Robotic Gripper and Walking Robot43
A Versatile 3D-Printable Soft Pneumatic Actuator Design for Multi-Functional Applications in Soft Robotics41
Biological Robots: Perspectives on an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field39
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