ReviewFrontiers in robotics and AI2018
Soft Robots Manufacturing: A Review.
Review in Frontiers in robotics and AI, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.
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- Customized batch fabrication of highly sensitive thin capacitive soft sensors based on high dielectric constant composite polymers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Flexible Electrical Energy Storage Structure with Variable Stiffness for Soft Robotics and Wearable Electronics.Soft robotics · 2025Article
- Wearable Soft Robots: Case Study of Using Shape Memory Alloys in Rehabilitation.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A natural biomimetic prosthetic hand with neuromorphic tactile sensing for precise and compliant grasping.Science advances · 2025Article
- Modeling and simulation of soft bio-mimetic fingers with a novel soft thumb design for bionic hand applications using ANN.Biotechnology notes (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Optimizing actual PID control for walking quadruped soft robots using genetic algorithms.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Flexible multimaterial fibers in modern biomedical applications.National science review · 2024Review
- Human interactive liquid crystal fiber arrays.Science advances · 2024Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Stimuli-Responsive Smart Polymer Materials-Recent Advances and Future Perspectives.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Classification and Evaluation of Octopus-Inspired Suction Cups for Soft Continuum Robots.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Integrated Actuation and Sensing: Toward Intelligent Soft Robots.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Review
- Integrated Design and Fabrication of Pneumatic Soft Robot Actuators in a Single Casting Step.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Design and Additive Manufacturing of a Continuous Servo Pneumatic Actuator.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Soft Pneumatic Muscles: Revolutionizing Human Assistive Devices with Geometric Design and Intelligent Control.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Methods for numerical simulation of soft actively contractile materials.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
The growing interest in soft robots comes from the new possibilities offered by these systems to cope with problems that cannot be addressed by robots built from rigid bodies. Many innovative solutions have been developed in recent years to design soft components and systems. They all demonstrate how soft robotics development is closely dependent on advanced manufacturing processes. This review aims at giving an insight on the current state of the art in soft robotics manufacturing. It first puts in light the elementary components that can be used to develop soft actuators, whether they use fluids, shape memory alloys, electro-active polymers or stimuli-responsive materials. Other types of elementary components, such as soft smart structures or soft-rigid hybrid systems, are then presented. The second part of this review deals with the manufacturing methods used to build complete soft structures. It includes molding, with possibly reinforcements and inclusions, additive manufacturing, thin-film manufacturing, shape deposition manufacturing, and bonding. The paper conclusions sums up the pros and cons of the presented techniques, and open to developing topics such as design methods for soft robotics and sensing technologies.
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