Soft Robotics

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21 papers in the last four weeks, up 133% on the four weeks before. 0.2% of all new papers.

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  1. Learning a Resolution-Consistent Jacobian Field for Bio-Inspired Rigid-Soft Finger

    Oct 1, 2026Tianyou Liang, Haisen Zeng, Shanjun Chen +3Robot Dynamics LearningSoft Robotics

  2. TO-mdiSPAs: Topology Optimization of multi-directional Soft Pneumatic Actuators

    Sep 30, 2026Swagatam Islam Sarkar, Prabhat KumarTopology OptimizationSoft Robotics

  3. All You Need Is Low Fidelity: Zero-Shot Sim-to-Real of Learned Robotic Fish Control

    Sep 29, 2026Liam Maloney, Simon Ramchandani, Mike Y. Michelis +2Robotic ControlRobotics Simulation

  4. Observability-Informed Optimal Sensor Placement for Soft Robots

    Sep 27, 2026Samuel Smocot, James Richard Forbes, Audrey SedalSoft Robotics

  5. Anthropomimetic Soft Robotic Forearm with Independently Articulated Carpal Bones Enabling Human-Like Adaptive Stiffness Modulability

    Sep 24, 2026Yoshinobu Obata, Yinlai Jiang, Hiroshi Yokoi +1Robotic Hand DesignRobotics

  6. A Tendon-Driven Robotic Jellyfish with Constrained Soft Actuation and Depth Control via Reinforcement Learning

    Sep 24, 2026Jiarui Peng, Yutong Wu, Zelong Wang +5Underwater RoboticsTendon-Driven Actuation

  7. Cosserat Modeling of Trimmed Helicoid Soft Arms with a Separated-Section Constitutive Law

    Sep 21, 2026Zhihang Qin, Linxin Hou, Zeyu Zhong +9Structural MechanicsContinuum Robot Control

  8. A Monolithic Force-Proprioception Soft Acutuator Enabled by Single-Material 3D printing

    Sep 21, 2026Nan Huang, Lele Liu, Junfeng Lu +3Soft RoboticsRobotic Perception

  9. A Morphing Aerial Robot With Thruster-Integrated Flexible Continuum Links for Shape Adaptive Aerial Manipulation

    Sep 16, 2026Eri Sawada, Kazuki Sugihara, Ayano Miyamichi +2Aerial RoboticsSoft Robotics

  10. An Efficient Algorithm for Minimum-Pressure Growth Planning of Vine Robots

    Sep 16, 2026Andres C. Torres, Tobia Marcucci, Elliot W. HawkesRobot Motion PlanningSoft Robotics

  11. CLASP: A Cluster-Level Autonomous Selective Picking Robot with a Soft Rolling-Band Gripper for Fresh-Market Blueberry Harvesting

    Sep 16, 2026Yixuan Xia, Yilin Cai, Natalia Belen Espinoza +4Robotic GraspingForce-Controlled Robotic Manipulation

  12. Geometric Shortcuts for Complex Trunk Postures: Dual-Helicity Coupling Enables Low-Dimensional Control

    Sep 16, 2026Huishi Huang, Danlu Chen, Matteo Lo Preti +3Mechanism DesignContinuum Robot Control

  13. SPROUT: The Open-Source Soft Growing Robot for Search and Rescue

    Sep 15, 2026Antonio Alvarez Valdivia, Ciera McFarland, Robert Reeve +5RoboticsSearch-and-Rescue Robotics

  14. SWIM: Vision-Language-Grounded Soft Whole-Body Interactive Manipulation

    Sep 15, 2026Tingcong Liu, Aye Phyu Phyu Aung, Junjie Xiong +4Language-Conditioned Robot ManipulationWhole-Body Robotic Manipulation

  15. Pneumatic neurons for soft robots enable inflate-and-fire networks for rhythmic motion

    Sep 14, 2026Dongting Li, Michael Tolley, Nick GravishOscillatory Neural NetworksRobot Locomotion

  16. Real-time Puncture Detection and Recovery for Pneumatic Soft Actuators

    Sep 8, 2026Tejonidhi R. Deshpande, Tingyu Cheng, Josiah HesterRobot Failure DetectionRobot Failure Recovery

  17. Multi-bounce Drum Roll with Optimized Active Tricks to Leverage Soft Embodiment

    Sep 8, 2026Naoto Yamanaka, Takanori Jin, Taisuke KobayashiDynamic Robotic ManipulationSoft Robotics

  18. A Multi-Vine Soft Robot Enabling Accessible Working Channel and Steering

    Sep 3, 2026Reza Kashef, Cem Suulker, Mohammad Sheikh Sofla +1Soft RoboticsSurgical Robotics

  19. Towards Effective Physical Reservoir Computing with a Pneumatic Soft Robot

    Sep 2, 2026Jeevan Hebbal Manjunath, Jun Wang, Suyi Li +1Reservoir ComputingRobot State Estimation

  20. One Print, Many Moves: Monolithic Origami-inspired Folding Actuator for Composable Soft Multi-DoF Systems

    Sep 1, 2026Jaehyung Jang, Zhenish Zhakypov, Jasmin Elena Palmer +3Modular RoboticsRobotics

  21. Learning to infer and manipulate through distributed whole-arm interaction in a soft robot

    Aug 31, 2026Chuhan Zhang, Ebrahim Shahabi, Kseniia Khomenko +2Robotic GraspingRobotic RL

  22. MiBOT: A head-worn robot that modulates cardiovascular responses through human-like soft massage

    Aug 30, 2026Alice Mylaeus, Stephanie Vogt, Berken Utku Demirel +4Assistive RoboticsSoft Robotics

  23. RoSE: A Robotic Soft Esophagus for Endoprosthetic Stent Testing

    Aug 10, 2026Dipankar Bhattacharya, Sherine Jesna V. A., Leo K. Cheng +1Soft Robotics

  24. Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Robotic Soft Esophagus

    Aug 10, 2026Dipankar Bhattacharya, Ryman Hashem, Leo K. Cheng +1Nonlinear MPCSoft Robotics

  25. SoRoMoX: Fast, Differentiable, and Parallelizable Soft Robot Models

    Aug 6, 2026Maximilian Stölzle, Solange Gribonval, Daniel Feliu-Talegon +9Differentiable PhysicsContinuum Robot Control

  26. Human Centric Embodied Intelligence for Soft Wearable Robotics

    Aug 4, 2026Rainier Natividad, Raye Chen-Hua YeowAssistive RoboticsHuman-Robot Interaction

  27. From Digital to Physical Reservoir Computing: Co-Optimizing Soft Robotic Reservoirs via Dynamics Matching

    Aug 1, 2026Nicola Visentin, Maximilian Stölzle, Mariano Ramírez Montero +3Reservoir ComputingSoft Robotics

  28. A Monolithic Hand with Asymmetric Origami Bending and Dual-chamber Actuators

    Jul 24, 2026Nan Huang, Yuming Zhu, Zicong Zhang +5Robotic Hand DesignRobotic Grasping

  29. Eversion-based robots can enable safe access,steering and endoscopic imaging within the spinal subarachnoid space

    Jul 21, 2026Zicong Wu, Panagiotis Kalozoumis, S. M. Hadi Sadati +8Robot NavigationRobotic Insertion

  30. Fabric Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Based on the Drawstring Principle

    Jul 21, 2026Chendong Liu, Dapeng Yang, Yiming Dai +2Soft Robotics

  31. Continuously Stable Structure through Plastic Deformation

    Jul 17, 2026Junlong Xiao, Yaoqiang Pan, Xuan Zhang +2Robotic Hand DesignRobotic Grasping

  32. A Model-Based Decoupling Strategy for Proprioception and Contact Sensing in an Architected Soft Manipulator

    Jul 17, 2026Francesco Stella, Annan Zhang, Cosimo Della Santina +2Tactile Sensing for Robotic ManipulationSoft Robotics

  33. Hybrid Rigid-Soft Robotic Gripper with Shape Adaptation, Uniform Force Distribution, and Self-Locking Capabilities

    Jul 16, 2026Xi Chen, Yun Wang, Lichao Yang +2Robotic Hand DesignRobotic Grasping

  34. Soft Eversion Robots for Colonoscopy: Challenges, Open Problems, and Emerging Solutions

    Jul 11, 2026Cem Suulker, Thomas Mack, Qingzheng Cong +4Soft RoboticsSurgical Robotics

  35. Soft Robotic Exogloves for Dexterous Mobility -- Towards Personalized Rehabilitation

    Jul 8, 2026Paul Dela Cruz, Mostafa Mo. Massoud, Jacqueline LibbyRobotic Hand DesignAssistive Robotics

  36. Towards Soft Robotic Exogloves for Musculoskeletal Manipulation to Reduce Pain and Spasticity

    Jul 8, 2026Antonia Salluce, Maeryn Erdheim, Gailen Davis +3Assistive RoboticsSoft Robotics

  37. Continuous and large-scale: ELEANOR, the soft architected arm inspired by the elephant trunk

    Jul 8, 2026Giovanna A. Naselli, Anderson B. Nardin, Seonggun Joe +6Robotic GraspingRobotics

  38. A Continual Learning Framework for Adaptive Control of Modular Soft Robots

    Jul 7, 2026Nilay Kushawaha, Muhammad Sunny Nazeer, Baljinder Singh Bal +2Continual Robot LearningContinuum Robot Control

  39. Efficient Transfer Learning of Robot Dynamic Models Using Morphological Similarity

    Jul 6, 2026Pavlo Kupyn, Yuya Hamamatsu, Roza Gkliva +2Robot Dynamics IdentificationUnsupervised Domain Adaptation

  40. U-Joint CAAMS: Experimental Evaluation of a Universal-Joint Continuum Manipulator for Aerial Manipulation

    Jul 3, 2026Anuraj Uthayasooriyan, Musab Alibrahim, Krishna Manaswi Digumarti +2Aerial RoboticsSoft Robotics

  41. The Quadruped Soft Tail: Compliant Grasping and Swabbing for Contamination Surveys in Harsh Environments

    Jun 29, 2026Harald Minde Hansen, Nandita Gallacher, Kristin Y. Pettersen +2Legged RoboticsRobotics

  42. Real-Time Compliance and Position Control of a Hyper-redundant Soft Robotic Arm

    Jun 29, 2026Runze Zuo, Tianhua Zou, Naike Wu +2Robotic ControlImpedance Control

  43. Deep Reinforcement Learning-Enhanced Event-Triggered Data-Driven Predictive Control for a 3D Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm

    Jun 24, 2026Cheng Ouyang, Moeen Ul Islam, Kaixiang Zhang +3RL ControlRobot Trajectory Tracking

  44. Morphology-Specific Closed-Loop Control of Logarithmic-Spiral Continuum Arms via Online Jacobian Error Compensation

    Jun 24, 2026Partha Datta, Yi Jin, Wei Lin +1Robotic ControlRobot Trajectory Tracking

  45. PanoVine: Whole-Body Visuomotor Control for Soft Growing Vine Robot

    Jun 22, 2026Yimeng Qin, Xiaomeng Xu, William Heap +3Robot NavigationVisuomotor Policy Learning

  46. THREAD: Trajectory Planning for Hybrid Rigid-Soft Manipulators with Environment-Aware Diffusion

    Jun 19, 2026Shivani Kamtikar, Pranav Asthana, Naveen Kumar Uppalapati +2Constrained Motion PlanningTrajectory Generation

  47. A Novel Bio-Inspired Fish Robot with Tunable Stiffness via Particle Jamming

    Jun 19, 2026Jack Stonecipher, Allen Gao, Wei WangRoboticsUnderwater Robotics