OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soft Robotics is 17. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Force Sensor Incorporated into Soft Robotic Gripper for Improved Grasping Stability	230
Magnetic Soft Catheter Robot System for Minimally Invasive Treatments of Articular Cartilage Defects	113
YoMo: Yoshimura Continuum Manipulator for MR Environment	97
Shape Reconstruction of Extensible Continuum Manipulator Based on Soft Sensors	96
Soft Robotic Perspective and Concept for Planetary Small Body Exploration	86
Design and Control of Lightweight Bionic Arm Driven by Soft Twisted and Coiled Artificial Muscles	86
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications	81
An Untethered Soft Robot Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers	78
Bioinspired, Shape-Morphing Scale Battery for Untethered Soft Robots	78
Steering Muscle-Based Bio-Syncretic Robot Through Bionic Optimized Biped Mechanical Design	76
Frictional Anisotropic Locomotion and Adaptive Neural Control for a Soft Crawling Robot	67
Optimal Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuated Multibody Dynamical Systems	65
Skeletonizing the Dynamics of Soft Continuum Body from Video	57
Stiffness Tunable Magnetic Actuators Based on Shape Memory Polymer/NdFeB Composite for Segmental Controllable Motion	57
Advancing Soft Robot Proprioception Through 6D Strain Sensors Embedding	54
Human-Inspired Tactile Perception System for Real-Time and Multimodal Detection of Tactile Stimuli	54
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation	54
Mechanics and Morphological Compensation Strategy for Trimmed Soft Whisker Sensor	54
ZodiAq: An Isotropic Flagella-Inspired Soft Underwater Drone for Safe Marine Exploration	53
Chemically Driven Oscillating Soft Pneumatic Actuation	51
Harnessing Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Locomotion and Mechanical Intelligence in a Soft Robot	50
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications	50
Biomimetic Octopus Suction Cup with Attachment Force Self-Sensing Capability for Cardiac Adhesion	49
Nanotextured Soft Electrothermo-Pneumatic Actuator for Constructing Lightweight, Integrated, and Untethered Soft Robotics	48
Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Air-Based Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Pumpless Pneumatic Actuation	48

Selaginella lepidophylla-Inspired Multi-Stimulus Cooperative Control MXene-Based Flexible Actuator	47
Improvement of Precision Grasping Performance by Interaction Between Soft Finger Pulp and Hard Nail	47
A Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper Based on Rotational Layer Jamming	46
A Dual-Modal Hybrid Gripper with Wide Tunable Contact Stiffness Range and High Compliance for Adaptive and Wide-Range Grasping Objects with Diverse Fragilities	45
Hygromachines: Humidity-Powered Wheels, Seesaws, and Vehicles	44
A Variable Stiffness Bioinspired Swallowing Gripper Based on Particle Jamming	44
Performance Enhancement of Soft Nanotextured Thermopneumatic Actuator by Incorporating Silver Nanowires into Elastomer Body	43
A Passively Conforming Soft Robotic Gripper with Three-Dimensional Negative Bending Stiffness Fingers	43
Magnetic Liquid Metal Droplet Robot with Multifunction and High Output Force in Milli-Newton	43
3D-Printed Soft Sensors for Adaptive Sensing with Online and Offline Tunable Stiffness	40
Electro-Thermopneumatically Actuated, Adhesion-Force Controllable Octopus-Like Suction Cup Actuator	40
Tunable Soft Lens of Large Focal Length Change	40
Ultralow Voltage High-Performance Nanocellulose-Based Electro-Ionic Actuators for Soft Robots	39
A Cut-and-Fold Self-Sustained Compliant Oscillator for Autonomous Actuation of Origami-Inspired Robots	39
Toward Onboard Proportional Control of Multi-Chamber Soft Pneumatic Robots: A Magnetorheological Elastomer Valve Array	38
A Biomimetic Adhesive Disc for Robotic Adhesion Sliding Inspired by the Net-Winged Midge Larva	38
A Holistic Indirect Contact Identification Method for Soft Robot Proprioception	38
Inflatable Particle-Jammed Robotic Gripper Based on Integration of Positive Pressure and Partial Filling	37
Closing the Control Loop with Time-Variant Embedded Soft Sensors and Recurrent Neural Networks	36
A Versatile Topology-Optimized Compliant Actuator for Soft Robotic Gripper and Walking Robot	36
Biological Robots: Perspectives on an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field	35
Print-and-Spray Electromechanical Metamaterials	35
A Versatile 3D-Printable Soft Pneumatic Actuator Design for Multi-Functional Applications in Soft Robotics	35
Soft Robot Proprioception Using Unified Soft Body Encoding and Recurrent Neural Network	34
Reconfigurable, Transformable Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Tunable Three-Dimensional Deformations for Dexterous Soft Robotics Applications	34
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2021	34
Fin-Bayes: A Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization Framework for Soft Robotic Fingers	33
Adaptive and Robust Switchable Adhesion System: Bio-Inspired Synergistic Integration from Octopuses and Geckos	33
Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost Silicone and Water-Based Soft Actuator with a High Load-to-Weight Ratio	33
A Deep Learning Framework for Soft Robots with Synthetic Data	33
Trajectory Planning on Rolling Locomotion of Spherical Movable Tensegrity Robots with Multi-Gait Patterns	32
Tensegrity Robotics	32
Fluid-Driven Traveling Waves in Soft Robots	32
Toward a Common Framework and Database of Materials for Soft Robotics	29
Introducing the New Deputy-Editor-in-Chief	28
FluidicOscillation-BasedPneumaticActuationfor SoftLocomotionandGrasping	28
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Stretchable and Transparent Poly(Ethyleneglycol-Sebacate) Elastomers with Autonomous Self-Healing and Capacitive Properties	27
A Human-Inspired Soft Finger with Dual-Mode Morphing Enabled by Variable Stiffness Mechanism	27
Honeycomb Jamming: An Enabling Technology of Variable Stiffness Reconfiguration	27
Rapid Soft Material Actuation Through Droplet Evaporation	27
Anguilliform Swimming Performance of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot	26
Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping	25
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics	25
A Fast Online Elastic-Spine-Based Stiffness Adjusting Mechanism for Fishlike Swimming	24
An Ambidextrous STarfish-Inspired Exploration and Reconnaissance Robot (The ASTER-bot)	24
Texture Discrimination with a Soft Biomimetic Finger Using a Flexible Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Array That Provides Sensory Feedback	24
Topology Optimization and Prototype of a Multimaterial-Like Compliant Finger by Varying the Infill Density in 3D Printing	23
The Walking Control of a Crab Biorobot in Amphibious Environment	23
Piezo-Wormbots for Continuous Crawling	22
Nonlinear Dynamics Research of Ground Undulatory Fin Robot with Flexible Deformation and Frictional Contact	22

Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2023	22
Armor-Based Stable Force Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Steady Actuation Properties	21
Intentional Blocking Based Photoelectric Soft Pressure Sensor with High Sensitivity and Stability	21
Action Augmentation of Tactile Perception for Soft-Body Palpation	21
A Hybrid Anchoring Technology Composed of Reinforced Flexible Shells for a Knee Unloading Exosuit	21
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2024	21
Single-Actuator Soft Robot for In-Pipe Crawling	20
Design of a Wearable Real-Time Hand Motion Tracking System Using an Array of Soft Polymer Acoustic Waveguides	20
Fluidic Multichambered Actuator and Multiaxis Intrinsic Force Sensing	20
Tuning the Morphology of Suction Discs to Enable Directional Adhesion for Locomotion in Wet Environments	20
Spikebot: A Multigait Tensegrity Robot with Linearly Extending Struts	20
A Flexible, Acoustic Localized Sensor with Mass Block–Beam Structure Based on Polydimethylsiloxane–Silver Nanowires	19
Bioinspired Soft Electrostatic Accordion-Fold Actuators	19
Optimal Design of Electrode Topology of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Based on the Parameterized Level Set Method	18
Harnessing the Multistability of Kresling Origami for Reconfigurable Articulation in Soft Robotic Arms	18
Prescribing Cartesian Stiffness of Soft Robots by Co-Optimization of Shape and Segment-Level Stiffness	18
MorphGI: A Self-Propelling Soft Robotic Endoscope Through Morphing Shape	18
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System	18
Miniaturized Circuitry for Capacitive Self-Sensing and Closed-Loop Control of Soft Electrostatic Transducers	18
Biohybrid Behavior-Based Navigation with Obstacle Avoidance for Cyborg Insect in Complex Environment	18
Design and Feasibility Tests of a Lightweight Soft Gripper for Compliant and Flexible Envelope Grasping	17
Biomimetic Closed-Loop Control of a Novel Soft Gastric Simulator Toward Emulating Antral Contraction Waves	17
Three-Fingered Soft Pneumatic Gripper Integrating Joint-Tuning Capability	17
An Air Recirculation System Based on Bioinspired Soft Re-Air Valve for Highly Efficient Pneumatic Actuation	17
Facile Analytical Extraction of the Hyperelastic Constants for the Two-Parameter Mooney–Rivlin Model from Experiments on Soft Polymers	17