Smart Soft Robotics: Design, Control and Applications
A special issue of Applied System Innovation (ISSN 2571-5577).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 6650
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soft robotics; bioinspired robotics; smart materials; dielectric elastomer actuators; nonlinear dynamics
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Interests: soft robotics; medical robotics; smart materials; dielectric elastomer actuators
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Interests: microrobotics; soft robotics; biohybrid materials; magnetic control; 3D nanofabrication
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last decade, we have witnessed the booming development of soft robotics—a fascinating research field that fuses material sciences, robotics and biology to create new types of robots that enhance human-robot interaction, agility and adaptability. In natural environments with complex uncertainties and human-centric operations with strict safety requirements, soft robots can be a promising alternative to rigid robots because they can easily squeeze through confined spaces; manipulate objects of varying shapes and sizes; and deform and absorb most of the collision energy in impacts for better safety.
We also need to realize that the field of soft robotics is still faced with a set of key challenges. These include achieving the efficient actuation of soft actuators for more efficient robotic locomotion and untethered operation; overcoming the rich nonlinearity in soft materials to realize precise and reliable control; and developing novel applications for soft robotics that exhibit their true advantages and potentials (e.g., in extreme environments or in vivo); among others.
This Special Issue will be devoted to state-of-the-art research on smart soft robotics, including soft robot designs, controls and their applications. We seek submissions with original perspectives and advanced thinking on the theme addressed.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Design of soft robots;
- Modelling of soft robots;
- Control of soft robots;
- Sensing of soft robots;
- Materials of soft robots;
- Artificial intelligence for soft robots;
- Micro/nano soft robots;
- Soft robotic applications.
Dr. Chongjing Cao
Prof. Dr. Xing Gao
Dr. Haifeng Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soft robotics
- soft actuators
- smart materials
- control of soft robots
- soft robotics applications
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