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ReviewBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Exploring Embodied Intelligence in Soft Robotics: A Review.

Zikai Zhao, Qiuxuan Wu, Jian Wang, Botao Zhang, Chaoliang Zhong, Anton A Zhilenkov

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Review in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Programmable somatosensory soft robots.Npj flexible electronics · 2026
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  7. Towards origins of virtual artificial life: an overview.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  8. Thermally Actuated Soft Robotics.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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  11. MUTUAL: Towards Holistic Sensing and Inference in the Operating Room.Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention · 2025
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  12. What is Balance? A Vital Mechano-Regulation Paradigm.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zikai ZhaoHDU-ITMO Joint Institute, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Qiuxuan WuHDU-ITMO Joint Institute, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5153-6524
Jian WangHDU-ITMO Joint Institute, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Botao ZhangInstitute of Electrical Engineering, School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Chaoliang ZhongInstitute of Electrical Engineering, School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Anton A ZhilenkovInstitute of Hydrodynamics and Control Processes, Saint-Petersburg State Marine Technical University, 190121 Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-1555-1318

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft robotics is closely related to embodied intelligence in the joint exploration of the means to achieve more natural and effective robotic behaviors via physical forms and intelligent interactions. Embodied intelligence emphasizes that intelligence is affected by the synergy of the brain, body, and environment, focusing on the interaction between agents and the environment. Under this framework, the design and control strategies of soft robotics depend on their physical forms and material properties, as well as algorithms and data processing, which enable them to interact with the environment in a natural and adaptable manner. At present, embodied intelligence has comprehensively integrated related research results on the evolution, learning, perception, decision making in the field of intelligent algorithms, as well as on the behaviors and controls in the field of robotics. From this perspective, the relevant branches of the embodied intelligence in the context of soft robotics were studied, covering the computation of embodied morphology; the evolution of embodied AI; and the perception, control, and decision making of soft robotics. Moreover, on this basis, important research progress was summarized, and related scientific problems were discussed. This study can provide a reference for the research of embodied intelligence in the context of soft robotics.

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bio-inspiredembodied intelligencereinforcement learningsoft robotics

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PMID38667259
PMCPMC11047907

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