...Kai Shi; Jun Li; Gang Bao Purpose The structural adaptive ability of the soft robot is fully demonstrated in the grasping task of the soft hand. A soft hand can easily realize the envelope operation of the object without planning. With the continuous development of robot applications, researchers...

...Ke Zhang; Hongtao Wei; Yongqi Bi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to design a soft robot for performing detection, by using a hybrid drive to reach the target point faster and enable the robot to perform the detection task at a relatively fast speed. Design/methodology/approach The soft...

... is their inability to effectively cross obstacles or transfer between rods. To overcome these difficulties, this paper aims to propose an inchworm-inspired soft robot with omni-directional steering. Design/methodology/approach Theoretical models are first established to analyze the telescopic deformation...