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Open Soft Robotics Research

Published November 16, 2020 Calls for Papers Collections

PLOS ONE is delighted to present this Collection of Open Soft Robotics Research. Largely inspired by the way many living organisms move and adapt their shape to their surroundings, soft robots have been designed and constructed with compliant, deformable and variable stiffness materials, sensors and actuators. Biomimicry has allowed soft robots to acquire novel features such as stretchability, growth, morphing, self-reconfigurability, self-healing and edibility. Their impact has grown in a variety of sectors, such as search and rescue, exploration, rehabilitation medicine and surgery, prostheses and exoskeletons. This collection is aimed at providing an inclusive platform for researchers from a broad range of disciplines to explore this vital and timely topic.

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November 17, 2020
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November 17, 2020
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November 17, 2020
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November 17, 2020
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Lucia Beccai Lucia Beccai
November 17, 2020
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10.1371/journal.pone.0246102 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Review of machine learning methods in soft robotics
February 18, 2021 Daekyum Kim, Sang-Hun Kim, Taekyoung Kim, Brian Byunghyun Kang, Minhyuk Lee, Wookeun Park, Subyeong Ku, DongWook Kim, Junghan Kwon, Hochang Lee, Joonbum Bae, Yong-Lae Park, Kyu-Jin Cho, Sungho Jo

Soft robots have been extensively researched due to their flexible, deformable, and adaptive characteristics. However, compared to rigid…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0251059 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Review on generic methods for mechanical modeling, simulation and control of soft robots
January 14, 2022 Pierre Schegg, Christian Duriez

In this review paper, we are interested in the models and algorithms that allow generic simulation and control of a soft robot. First, we…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0230009 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Developing a novel force forecasting technique for early prediction of critical events in robotics
May 7, 2020 Meenakshi Narayan, Ann Majewicz Fey

Safety critical events in robotic applications can often be characterized by forces between the robot end-effector and the environment.…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0250325 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Development of the Ultralight Hybrid Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Modelling and optimization
April 22, 2021 Seonggun Joe, Massimo Totaro, Hongbo Wang, Lucia Beccai

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are one of the key technologies in soft robotics, and they enable actuation in mobile robots, in…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0236121

PLOS ONE Dynamic modeling of soft continuum manipulators using lie group variational integration
July 22, 2020 Abbas Tariverdi, Venkatasubramanian Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, Ørjan Grøttem Martinsen, Ole Jacob Elle, Jim Tørresen, Sarthak Misra
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10.1371/journal.pone.0234354

PLOS ONE Negshell casting: 3D-printed structured and sacrificial cores for soft robot fabrication
June 12, 2020 Pornthep Preechayasomboon, Eric Rombokas
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10.1371/journal.pone.0232766

PLOS ONE A practical 3D-printed soft robotic prosthetic hand with multi-articulating capabilities
May 14, 2020 Alireza Mohammadi, Jim Lavranos, Hao Zhou, Rahim Mutlu, Gursel Alici, Ying Tan, Peter Choong, Denny Oetomo
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10.1371/journal.pone.0235229

PLOS ONE Dynamic modeling of dielectric elastomer actuator with conical shape
August 14, 2020 Peng Huang, Wenjun Ye, Yawu Wang
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10.1371/journal.pone.0232851

PLOS ONE Concept of an artificial muscle design on polypyrrole nanofiber scaffolds
May 11, 2020 Madis Harjo, Martin Järvekülg, Tarmo Tamm, Toribio F. Otero, Rudolf Kiefer
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10.1371/journal.pone.0232952

PLOS ONE Exploring non-assembly 3D printing for novel compliant surgical devices
May 14, 2020 Costanza Culmone, Paul W. J. Henselmans, Remi I. B. van Starkenburg, Paul Breedveld