Soft Robotics

Papers
(The TQCC of Soft Robotics is 18. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Shape Reconstruction of Extensible Continuum Manipulator Based on Soft Sensors132
Steering Muscle-Based Bio-Syncretic Robot Through Bionic Optimized Biped Mechanical Design112
Model-Based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Soft Robots via Distributed Strain Sensing99
YoMo: Yoshimura Continuum Manipulator for MR Environment99
Frictional Anisotropic Locomotion and Adaptive Neural Control for a Soft Crawling Robot94
Soft Robotic Perspective and Concept for Planetary Small Body Exploration92
Design and Control of Lightweight Bionic Arm Driven by Soft Twisted and Coiled Artificial Muscles89
Bioinspired, Shape-Morphing Scale Battery for Untethered Soft Robots86
An Untethered Soft Robot Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers70
Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Force Sensor Incorporated into Soft Robotic Gripper for Improved Grasping Stability68
Magnetic Soft Catheter Robot System for Minimally Invasive Treatments of Articular Cartilage Defects64
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications62
Stiffness Tunable Magnetic Actuators Based on Shape Memory Polymer/NdFeB Composite for Segmental Controllable Motion61
Mechanics and Morphological Compensation Strategy for Trimmed Soft Whisker Sensor61
Chemically Driven Oscillating Soft Pneumatic Actuation60
ZodiAq: An Isotropic Flagella-Inspired Soft Underwater Drone for Safe Marine Exploration60
Advancing Soft Robot Proprioception Through 6D Strain Sensors Embedding59
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications58
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation58
Human-Inspired Tactile Perception System for Real-Time and Multimodal Detection of Tactile Stimuli57
Optimal Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuated Multibody Dynamical Systems56
Skeletonizing the Dynamics of Soft Continuum Body from Video56
Biomimetic Octopus Suction Cup with Attachment Force Self-Sensing Capability for Cardiac Adhesion52
Harnessing Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Locomotion and Mechanical Intelligence in a Soft Robot51
Nanotextured Soft Electrothermo-Pneumatic Actuator for Constructing Lightweight, Integrated, and Untethered Soft Robotics50
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 Actuator48
Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Air-Based Thermo-Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Pumpless Pneumatic Actuation47
Hygromachines: Humidity-Powered Wheels, Seesaws, and Vehicles47
A Passively Conforming Soft Robotic Gripper with Three-Dimensional Negative Bending Stiffness Fingers46
Improvement of Precision Grasping Performance by Interaction Between Soft Finger Pulp and Hard Nail45
A Variable Stiffness Bioinspired Swallowing Gripper Based on Particle Jamming44
A Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper Based on Rotational Layer Jamming43
Biological Robots: Perspectives on an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field42
A Biomimetic Adhesive Disc for Robotic Adhesion Sliding Inspired by the Net-Winged Midge Larva41
Ultralow Voltage High-Performance Nanocellulose-Based Electro-Ionic Actuators for Soft Robots40
SoftSnap: Rapid Prototyping of Untethered Soft Robots Using Snap-Together Modules39
Inflatable Particle-Jammed Robotic Gripper Based on Integration of Positive Pressure and Partial Filling38
A Holistic Indirect Contact Identification Method for Soft Robot Proprioception38
3D-Printed Soft Sensors for Adaptive Sensing with Online and Offline Tunable Stiffness38
Electro-Thermopneumatically Actuated, Adhesion-Force Controllable Octopus-Like Suction Cup Actuator36
A Versatile Topology-Optimized Compliant Actuator for Soft Robotic Gripper and Walking Robot35
Toward Onboard Proportional Control of Multi-Chamber Soft Pneumatic Robots: A Magnetorheological Elastomer Valve Array35
A Cut-and-Fold Self-Sustained Compliant Oscillator for Autonomous Actuation of Origami-Inspired Robots35
A Versatile 3D-Printable Soft Pneumatic Actuator Design for Multi-Functional Applications in Soft Robotics35
Closing the Control Loop with Time-Variant Embedded Soft Sensors and Recurrent Neural Networks35
Tunable Soft Lens of Large Focal Length Change32
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 202131
Reconfigurable, Transformable Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Tunable Three-Dimensional Deformations for Dexterous Soft Robotics Applications30
Adaptive and Robust Switchable Adhesion System: Bio-Inspired Synergistic Integration from Octopuses and Geckos30
Print-and-Spray Electromechanical Metamaterials30
Design and Motion Analysis of a Soft Modular Robot for Diverse Environments30
Fin-Bayes: A Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization Framework for Soft Robotic Fingers29
Soft Robot Proprioception Using Unified Soft Body Encoding and Recurrent Neural Network28
Fluid-Driven Traveling Waves in Soft Robots28
Trajectory Planning on Rolling Locomotion of Spherical Movable Tensegrity Robots with Multi-Gait Patterns28
Tensegrity Robotics27
A Deep Learning Framework for Soft Robots with Synthetic Data27
Introducing the New Deputy-Editor-in-Chief26
Topology Optimization and Prototype of a Multimaterial-Like Compliant Finger by Varying the Infill Density in 3D Printing26
Rapid Soft Material Actuation Through Droplet Evaporation26
Texture Discrimination with a Soft Biomimetic Finger Using a Flexible Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Array That Provides Sensory Feedback25
An Ambidextrous STarfish-Inspired Exploration and Reconnaissance Robot (The ASTER-bot)25
A Fast Online Elastic-Spine-Based Stiffness Adjusting Mechanism for Fishlike Swimming25
Anguilliform Swimming Performance of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot24
Honeycomb Jamming: An Enabling Technology of Variable Stiffness Reconfiguration24
FluidicOscillation-BasedPneumaticActuationfor SoftLocomotionandGrasping23
Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping23
A Human-Inspired Soft Finger with Dual-Mode Morphing Enabled by Variable Stiffness Mechanism23
The Walking Control of a Crab Biorobot in Amphibious Environment22
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics22
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 202322
Nonlinear Dynamics Research of Ground Undulatory Fin Robot with Flexible Deformation and Frictional Contact21
Piezo-Wormbots for Continuous Crawling21
A Hybrid Anchoring Technology Composed of Reinforced Flexible Shells for a Knee Unloading Exosuit21
Intentional Blocking Based Photoelectric Soft Pressure Sensor with High Sensitivity and Stability21
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 202420
Fluidic Multichambered Actuator and Multiaxis Intrinsic Force Sensing20
Armor-Based Stable Force Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Steady Actuation Properties20
Spikebot: A Multigait Tensegrity Robot with Linearly Extending Struts20
Action Augmentation of Tactile Perception for Soft-Body Palpation20
Design of a Wearable Real-Time Hand Motion Tracking System Using an Array of Soft Polymer Acoustic Waveguides20
MorphGI: A Self-Propelling Soft Robotic Endoscope Through Morphing Shape19
Optimal Design of Electrode Topology of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Based on the Parameterized Level Set Method19
Single-Actuator Soft Robot for In-Pipe Crawling19
Harnessing the Multistability of Kresling Origami for Reconfigurable Articulation in Soft Robotic Arms19
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System19
Miniaturized Circuitry for Capacitive Self-Sensing and Closed-Loop Control of Soft Electrostatic Transducers19
Tuning the Morphology of Suction Discs to Enable Directional Adhesion for Locomotion in Wet Environments19
Biomimetic Closed-Loop Control of a Novel Soft Gastric Simulator Toward Emulating Antral Contraction Waves19
Bioinspired Soft Electrostatic Accordion-Fold Actuators19
A Bioinspired Compliant 3D-Printed Soft Gripper18
Design and Feasibility Tests of a Lightweight Soft Gripper for Compliant and Flexible Envelope Grasping18
Prescribing Cartesian Stiffness of Soft Robots by Co-Optimization of Shape and Segment-Level Stiffness18
An Inchworm-Inspired Fast-Moving Micro Flexible Robot for Autonomous Terrain-Adaptive Exploration18
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