Soft Robotics

Papers
(The median citation count of Soft Robotics is 9. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Design and Control of Lightweight Bionic Arm Driven by Soft Twisted and Coiled Artificial Muscles130
Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Force Sensor Incorporated into Soft Robotic Gripper for Improved Grasping Stability117
Shape Reconstruction of Extensible Continuum Manipulator Based on Soft Sensors80
Model-Based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Soft Robots via Distributed Strain Sensing79
Magnetic Soft Catheter Robot System for Minimally Invasive Treatments of Articular Cartilage Defects76
YoMo: Yoshimura Continuum Manipulator for MR Environment74
Frictional Anisotropic Locomotion and Adaptive Neural Control for a Soft Crawling Robot74
Soft Robotic Perspective and Concept for Planetary Small Body Exploration73
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications72
Bioinspired, Shape-Morphing Scale Battery for Untethered Soft Robots70
A Soft Amphibious Turtle Robot with Flexibility and Omnidirectional Motion Ability Actuated by Multiple Bionic Muscles70
Steering Muscle-Based Bio-Syncretic Robot Through Bionic Optimized Biped Mechanical Design69
Soft Tubular-Surface Rolling Robots68
Human-Inspired Tactile Perception System for Real-Time and Multimodal Detection of Tactile Stimuli63
Double-Layer Self-Locking Origami Based on Opposite Folding Motion62
ZodiAq: An Isotropic Flagella-Inspired Soft Underwater Drone for Safe Marine Exploration61
Advancing Soft Robot Proprioception Through 6D Strain Sensors Embedding61
Optimal Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuated Multibody Dynamical Systems54
Biomimetic Octopus Suction Cup with Attachment Force Self-Sensing Capability for Cardiac Adhesion52
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation51
Nanotextured Soft Electrothermo-Pneumatic Actuator for Constructing Lightweight, Integrated, and Untethered Soft Robotics49
Harnessing Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Locomotion and Mechanical Intelligence in a Soft Robot48
Chemically Driven Oscillating Soft Pneumatic Actuation47
A Collaborative Flipping Continuum Wall-Climbing Robot with Integrated Drive and Function46
Stiffness Tunable Magnetic Actuators Based on Shape Memory Polymer/NdFeB Composite for Segmental Controllable Motion46
Magnetic Liquid Metal Droplet Robot with Multifunction and High Output Force in Milli-Newton44
Improvement of Precision Grasping Performance by Interaction Between Soft Finger Pulp and Hard Nail42
A Variable Stiffness Bioinspired Swallowing Gripper Based on Particle Jamming42
Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Air-Based Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Pumpless Pneumatic Actuation41
Selaginella lepidophylla -Inspired Multi-Stimulus Cooperative Control MXene-Based Flexible Actuator41
A Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper Based on Rotational Layer Jamming40
Origami Actuator with Tunable Limiting Layer for Morphological Adaptive Soft Robots40
A Passively Conforming Soft Robotic Gripper with Three-Dimensional Negative Bending Stiffness Fingers40
Hygromachines: Humidity-Powered Wheels, Seesaws, and Vehicles40
Far-Field Magnetic Sensing on Soft Origami Actuator for Spatial Multidimensional Movement and Force Perception38
A Dual-Modal Hybrid Gripper with Wide Tunable Contact Stiffness Range and High Compliance for Adaptive and Wide-Range Grasping Objects with Diverse Fragilities38
Enabling Tunable Stiffness, Adhesive Grasping, and Interaction-Driven Reconfiguration: A Shape-Memory-Polymer-Enhanced Fin-Ray Gripper38
3D-Printed Soft Sensors for Adaptive Sensing with Online and Offline Tunable Stiffness36
A Cut-and-Fold Self-Sustained Compliant Oscillator for Autonomous Actuation of Origami-Inspired Robots36
Tunable Soft Lens of Large Focal Length Change36
A Holistic Indirect Contact Identification Method for Soft Robot Proprioception35
Electro-Thermopneumatically Actuated, Adhesion-Force Controllable Octopus-Like Suction Cup Actuator34
A Versatile Topology-Optimized Compliant Actuator for Soft Robotic Gripper and Walking Robot33
Ultralow Voltage High-Performance Nanocellulose-Based Electro-Ionic Actuators for Soft Robots31
Closing the Control Loop with Time-Variant Embedded Soft Sensors and Recurrent Neural Networks31
Toward Onboard Proportional Control of Multi-Chamber Soft Pneumatic Robots: A Magnetorheological Elastomer Valve Array31
SoftSnap: Rapid Prototyping of Untethered Soft Robots Using Snap-Together Modules31
A Biomimetic Adhesive Disc for Robotic Adhesion Sliding Inspired by the Net-Winged Midge Larva31
Adaptive and Robust Switchable Adhesion System: Bio-Inspired Synergistic Integration from Octopuses and Geckos30
A Versatile 3D-Printable Soft Pneumatic Actuator Design for Multi-Functional Applications in Soft Robotics30
Biological Robots: Perspectives on an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field30
Design and Motion Analysis of a Soft Modular Robot for Diverse Environments29
Bioinspired Vacuum Generation via Pressure-to-Vacuum Conversion for Manipulating all Phases of Matter29
Print-and-Spray Electromechanical Metamaterials29
A Deep Learning Framework for Soft Robots with Synthetic Data29
Fluid-Driven Traveling Waves in Soft Robots29
Fin-Bayes: A Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization Framework for Soft Robotic Fingers28
Soft Robot Proprioception Using Unified Soft Body Encoding and Recurrent Neural Network28
Tensegrity Robotics28
Reconfigurable, Transformable Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Tunable Three-Dimensional Deformations for Dexterous Soft Robotics Applications27
Trajectory Planning on Rolling Locomotion of Spherical Movable Tensegrity Robots with Multi-Gait Patterns27
Topology Optimization and Prototype of a Multimaterial-Like Compliant Finger by Varying the Infill Density in 3D Printing27
FluidicOscillation-BasedPneumaticActuationfor SoftLocomotionandGrasping26
An Ambidextrous STarfish-Inspired Exploration and Reconnaissance Robot (The ASTER-bot)26
A Soft Growing Robotic Endoscope for Painless and Strain-Free Insertion26
A Fast Online Elastic-Spine-Based Stiffness Adjusting Mechanism for Fishlike Swimming26
Introducing the New Deputy-Editor-in-Chief26
Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping26
HyReach: Vision-Guided Hybrid Manipulator Reaching in Cluttered Unseen Environments25
Anguilliform Swimming Performance of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot25
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics25
Intentional Blocking Based Photoelectric Soft Pressure Sensor with High Sensitivity and Stability24
Piezo-Wormbots for Continuous Crawling23
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 202323
Nonlinear Dynamics Research of Ground Undulatory Fin Robot with Flexible Deformation and Frictional Contact23
The Walking Control of a Crab Biorobot in Amphibious Environment23
Soft Robotics for Space Applications: Cryogenic Performance of Modular Metallic Cable Structures23
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 202422
Single-Actuator Soft Robot for In-Pipe Crawling22
A Hybrid Anchoring Technology Composed of Reinforced Flexible Shells for a Knee Unloading Exosuit22
Fluidic Multichambered Actuator and Multiaxis Intrinsic Force Sensing22
Armor-Based Stable Force Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Steady Actuation Properties22
Fin-A-Rays: Expanding Soft Gripper Compliance via Discrete Arrays of Flexible Structures22
A Bioinspired Compliant 3D-Printed Soft Gripper21
Shape and Tactile Perceptions of Soft Fingers via Distributed Curvature Sensing for Intelligent Grippers21
Tuning the Morphology of Suction Discs to Enable Directional Adhesion for Locomotion in Wet Environments21
Biomimetic Closed-Loop Control of a Novel Soft Gastric Simulator Toward Emulating Antral Contraction Waves21
Spikebot: A Multigait Tensegrity Robot with Linearly Extending Struts21
Optimal Design of Electrode Topology of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Based on the Parameterized Level Set Method21
Bioinspired Soft Electrostatic Accordion-Fold Actuators21
An Inchworm-Inspired Fast-Moving Micro Flexible Robot for Autonomous Terrain-Adaptive Exploration21
Design of a Wearable Real-Time Hand Motion Tracking System Using an Array of Soft Polymer Acoustic Waveguides21
MorphGI: A Self-Propelling Soft Robotic Endoscope Through Morphing Shape21
Three-Fingered Soft Pneumatic Gripper Integrating Joint-Tuning Capability20
A Fast Bipedal Biohybrid Crawler Driven by Single Muscle Swinging20
Multifunction Robotized Surgical Dissector for Endoscopic Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy: Preclinical Study and Evaluation20
Prescribing Cartesian Stiffness of Soft Robots by Co-Optimization of Shape and Segment-Level Stiffness20
A Gecko-Inspired Robot with a Flexible Spine Driven by Shape Memory Alloy Springs20
Biohybrid Behavior-Based Navigation with Obstacle Avoidance for Cyborg Insect in Complex Environment20
Kirigami-Inspired 3D Printable Soft Pneumatic Actuators with Multiple Deformation Modes for Soft Robotic Applications20
Programmable Shape-Shifting Soft Robotic Structure Using Liquid Metal Electromagnetic Actuators19
Engineering Magnetic Soft and Reconfigurable Robots19
Fully Soft Pressure Sensor Based on Bionic Spine–Pillar Structure for Robotics Motion Monitoring19
A Reconfigurable Soft Helical Actuator with Variable Stiffness Skeleton19
Whisker Sensing by Force and Moment Measurements at the Whisker Base19
Corrigendum to: Proprioception and Control of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator Made of a Self-Healable Hydrogel19
Soft Crawling Microrobot Based on Flexible Optoelectronics Enabling Autonomous Phototaxis in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments19
Generating Clear Vibrotactile Cues with a Magnet Embedded in a Soft Finger Sheath19
Magnetic Continuum Robot with Intraoperative Magnetic Moment Programming19
Perceptually Inspired C 0 -Continuity Haptic Shape Display with Trichamber Soft Actuators18
Soft Robotic Heart Formed with a Myocardial Band for Cardiac Functions18
Development of an Anthropomorphic Soft Manipulator with Rigid-Flexible Coupling for Underwater Adaptive Grasping18
Learning-Based Control for Soft Robot–Environment Interaction with Force/Position Tracking Capability18
Static Modeling of the Fiber-Reinforced Soft Pneumatic Actuators Including Inner Compression: Bending in Free Space, Block Force, and Deflection upon Block Force18
A Stretchable Fiber with Tunable Stiffness for Programmable Shape Change of Soft Robots18
Flexible Electrical Energy Storage Structure with Variable Stiffness for Soft Robotics and Wearable Electronics18
Omnidirectional Jump Control of a Locust-Computer Hybrid Robot17
Low-Heat and Near-Silent Pneumatic Source Driven by Integrated Endothermic–Exothermic Chemical Reactions for Soft Robots17
A Soft-Bodied Aerial Robot for Collision Resilience and Contact-Reactive Perching17
Small-Scale Soft Terrestrial Robot with Electrically Driven Multi-Modal Locomotion Capability17
Robust Multimodal Indirect Sensing for Soft Robots Via Neural Network-Aided Filter-Based Estimation17
Lattice-and-Plate Model: Mechanics Modeling of Physical Origami Robots16
Modular Bioinspired Hand with Multijoint Rigid-Soft Finger Possessing Proprioception15
A Geometric Kinematic Model for Flexible Voxel-Based Robots15
Pop-Up Catcher: A Flat-Foldable Gripper Using Multistate Passive Actuation15
Modeling, Analysis, and Computational Design of Muscle-driven Soft Robots15
A Snake-Inspired Layer-Driven Continuum Robot15
External Steering of Vine Robots via Magnetic Actuation15
Multimodal Pressure-Actuated System Toward Adaptive Anchoring Within Complex Human Lumen15
Bioinspired High-Degrees of Freedom Soft Robotic Glove for Restoring Versatile and Comfortable Manipulation15
Tunable, Textile-Based Joint Impedance Module for Soft Robotic Applications14
Thermally Tunable Deformation Wave on a Bistable Lattice to Enhance Soft-Bodied Climbing Robots14
Deformation Characteristics of Three-Dimensional Spiral Soft Actuator Driven by Water Hydraulics for Underwater Manipulator14
Bioinspired Design for Energy-Efficient Soft Actuators Achieving Asymmetrical Spatiotemporal Deformation14
A Stiffness-Tunable Soft Actuator with Adjustable Jamming for Dexterous Manipulation14
Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Origami-Based Vacuum Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Versatile Robotic System14
Teleoperation of an Anthropomorphic Robot Hand with a Metamorphic Palm and Tunable-Stiffness Soft Fingers14
Bio-SHARPE: Bioinspired Soft and High Aspect Ratio Pumping Element for Robotic and Medical Applications14
Design and Gesture Optimization of a Soft-Rigid Robotic Hand for Adaptive Grasping14
Variable Stiffness Electroadhesion and Compliant Electroadhesive Grippers14
Graphene-Based Thermopneumatic Generator for On-Board Pressure Supply of Soft Robots14
Origami Spring-Inspired Shape Morphing for Flexible Robotics14
A Soft Inductive Bimodal Sensor for Proprioception and Tactile Sensing of Soft Machines13
An Interconnected Soft Modular Robot with Locomotive Modules and Flexible Structures Actuated Through a Single Method13
Magnetic Soft Helical Manipulators with Local Dipole Interactions for Flexibility and Forces13
Origami-Based Flexible Robotic Grippers via Hard-Soft Coupled Multimaterial 3D Printing13
Flexible Capacitive Sensing and Ultrasound Calibration for Skeletal Muscle Deformations13
A Flexible Escape Skin Bioinspired by the Defensive Behavior of Shedding Scales13
Flexible Morphing Aerial Robot with Inflatable Structure for Perching-Based Human–Robot Interaction13
A Wearable Textile-Embedded Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Haptic Display13
Co-Programming Shape Morphing and Interaction Forces of Soft Grippers for Compliant Grasping13
Finite-Time Contraction Control of a Ring-Shaped Soft Pneumatic Actuator Mimicking Gastric Pathologic Motility Conditions13
Simultaneous Locomotion with Stiffness Perception of an Earthworm-Like Robot in a Soft Tubular Environment13
Nonlinear Multimaterial Architecture for Greater Soft Material's Toughness and Delaying Damage Propagation13
Electrostatic Adhesion Clutch with Superhigh Force Density Achieved by MXene-Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride–Trifluoroethylene–Chlorotrifluoroethylene) Composites13
A Novel Pneudraulic Actuation Method to Enhance Soft Robot Control13
Design and Kinematic Modeling of a Soft Continuum Telescopic Arm for the Self-Assembly Mechanism of a Modular Robot13
JamTac: A Tactile Jamming Gripper for Searching and Grasping in Low-Visibility Environments12
Enhanced Deformation Resistance and Load-Bearing Capacity in Tip-Growing Robots Through Scale-Inspired Layer Jamming Mechanism12
Bioinspired Amphibious Origami Robot with Body Sensing for Multimodal Locomotion12
RIM Hand: A Robotic Hand with an Accurate Carpometacarpal Joint and Nitinol-Supported Skeletal Structure12
Development of a Contraction Force Control Method for Bioactuators Using a Muscle Contraction Model12
Designing Soft Arms with Octopus-Like Dexterity: Insights from Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Finite Element Analysis12
SoRSS: A Soft Robot for Bio-Mimicking Stomach Anatomy and Motility12
An Origami-Based Cable-Climbing Soft Robot12
Octopus-Inspired Muscular Hydrostats Powered By Twisted and Coiled Artificial Muscles11
Topology and Morphology Design of Spherically Reconfigurable Homogeneous Modular Soft Robots11
Research on the Design of Variable Stiffness Adhesive Feet and Cooperative Crawling Mechanism for Soft Bionic Gecko-Inspired Wall-Climbing Robots11
Ultralow-Latency Textile Sensors for Wearable Interfaces with a Human-in-Loop Sensing Approach11
A Flexible Iontronic Capacitive Sensing Array for Hand Gesture Recognition Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks11
A Biologically Inspired Ring-Shaped Soft Pneumatic Actuator for Large Deformations11
Impedance for Assistance: Upper-Limb Assistive Soft Robotic Suit Using Linked-Layer Jamming Mechanisms11
Model-Based Design of Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper Actuated by Smart Hydrogels10
Simple and Fast Locomotion of Vibrating Asymmetric Soft Robots10
Power Autonomy and Agility Control of an Untethered Insect-Scale Soft Robot10
Prestressed Thin-Plate Actuators for Enhancing Performance of Pneumatic Soft Robots10
Inverse Origami Design Model for Soft Robotic Development10
Reconfigurable Soft Pneumatic Actuators Using Extensible Fabric-Based Skins10
Tough, Flexible, Strong: Characterization of Soft–Soft Silicone Interfaces for Soft Robotics10
A Multipole Magnetoactive Elastomer for Vibration-Driven Locomotion10
Toward the Development of Large-Scale Inflatable Robotic Arms Using Hot Air Welding10
Latent Representation-Based Learning Controller for Pneumatic and Hydraulic Dual Actuation of Pressure-Driven Soft Actuators10
Multijointed Pneumatic Soft Hand with Flexible Thenar10
Design and Development of a Continuum Robot with Switching-Stiffness10
Dynamic Modeling of a Soft Eversion-Based Growing Robot: Physical Analysis, Simulation, and Experimental Validation10
Soft Robotics to Enhance Upper Limb Endurance in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis10
Sigmoidal Auxiliary Tendon-Driven Mechanism Reinforcing Structural Stiffness of Hyper-Redundant Manipulator for Endoscopic Surgery10
Endoskeleton Soft Multi-Fingered Hand with Variable Stiffness10
A Hybrid Jamming Structure Combining Granules and a Chain Structure for Robotic Applications9
Soft Robotic Finger with Energy-Coupled Quadrastability9
GripDepthSense3DNet: A Depth-Enabled Hardness Sensing Framework in Soft Robotic Grasping9
Smart Skin: Vision-Based Soft Pressure Sensing System for In-Home Hand Rehabilitation9
Control-Oriented Models for Hyperelastic Soft Robots Through Differential Geometry of Curves9
Soft Robotics: A Route to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity in Robotics9
LM-Jelly: Liquid Metal Enabled Biomimetic Robotic Jellyfish9
Variable Stiffness Woven Soft Active Textiles and Robots Using Thin McKibben Muscle9
Multifunctional Soft Stackable Robots by Netting–Rolling–Splicing Pneumatic Artificial Muscles9
Complex Three-Dimensional Terrains Traversal of Insect-Scale Soft Robot9
Flexible Manipulator with Low-Melting-Point Alloy Actuation and Variable Stiffness9
Leaf-Like Origami with Bistability for Self-Adaptive Grasping Motions9
Variable Stiffness Object Recognition with a CNN-Bayes Classifier on a Soft Gripper9
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