ReviewMicromachines2022
A Review of Electrically Driven Soft Actuators for Soft Robotics.
Review in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- FaBrick: An actuated fabric building platform for constructing scalable and versatile soft robots.Science advances · 2026Article
- Soft Biomimetic Underwater Vehicles: A Review of Actuation Mechanisms, Structure Designs and Underwater Applications.Micromachines · 2026Review
- Fuel-Powered Soft Actuators: Emerging Strategies for Autonomous and Miniaturized Robots.Nano-micro letters · 2026Review
- Thermally Actuated Soft Robotics.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- A Programmable Soft Electrothermal Actuator Based on a Functionally Graded Structure for Multiple Deformations.Polymers · 2025Article
- Advances in Fabric-Based Pneumatic Soft Actuators for Flexible Robotics: Design and Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Learning from Octopuses: Cutting-Edge Developments and Future Directions.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bio-inspired soft pneumatic actuator based on a kresling-like pattern with a rigid skeleton.Journal of advanced research · 2024Article
- Soft Gripping Fingers Made of Multi-Stacked Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Backbone Strategy.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Editorial for the Special Issue on Soft Actuators: Design, Fabrication and Applications.Micromachines · 2024Article
- Perceptual Soft End-Effectors for Future Unmanned Agriculture.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
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Abstract
In recent years, the field of soft robotics has gained much attention by virtue of its aptness to work in certain environments unsuitable for traditional rigid robotics. Along with the uprising field of soft robotics is the increased attention to soft actuators which provide soft machines the ability to move, manipulate, and deform actively. This article provides a focused review of various high-performance and novel electrically driven soft actuators due to their fast response, controllability, softness, and compactness. Furthermore, this review aims to act as a reference guide for building electrically driven soft machines. The focus of this paper lies on the actuation principle of each type of actuator, comprehensive performance comparison across different actuators, and up-to-date applications of each actuator. The range of actuators includes electro-static soft actuators, electro-thermal soft actuators, and electrically driven soft pumps.
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