ArticleSoft matter2023
Magnetically induced stiffening for soft robotics.
Article in Soft matter, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Structural Evolution of Biomedical Microrobots: From Rigid to Soft to Rigid-Soft Integrated Systems.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- PALPABLE: enhanced bending stiffness and proprioception in soft actuators for laparoscopic palpation.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2026Article
- A Three-Phase Electrostatic Clutch with Variable Mechanical Impedance Control for Soft Robotic Systems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Jamming with magnetic composites.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Magnetic Fluid-Driven Vine Robots for Minimally Invasive Tissue Biopsy Sampling.Advanced intelligent systems (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Magnetic kirigami dome metasheet with high deformability and stiffness for adaptive dynamic shape-shifting and multimodal manipulation.Science advances · 2024Article
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- An electropermanent magnet valve for the onboard control of multi-degree of freedom pneumatic soft robots.Communications engineering · 2024Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Soft robots are well-suited for human-centric applications, but the compliance that gives soft robots this advantage must also be paired with adequate stiffness modulation such that soft robots can achieve more rigidity when needed. For this reason, variable stiffening mechanisms are often a necessary component of soft robot design. Many techniques have been explored to introduce variable stiffness structures into soft robots, such as pneumatically-controlled jamming and thermally-controlled phase change materials. Despite fast response time, jamming methods often require a bulkier pneumatic pressure line which limits portability; and while portable
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