Pneumatic actuator

Multigait soft robot

Robert F. Shepherd, Filip Ilievski, Wonjae Choi, Stephen A. Morin, Adam A. Stokes, Aaron D. Mazzeo, Xin Chen, George M. Whitesides

Citations: 2059 • 2011

Soft robotic glove for combined assistance and at-home rehabilitation

Panagiotis Polygerinos, Zheng Wang, Kevin C. Galloway, Robert J. Wood, Conor J. Walsh

Citations: 1580 • 2014

Measurement and modeling of McKibben pneumatic artificial muscles

Ching-Ping Chou, Blake Hannaford

Citations: 1570 • 1996

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

Michael T. Tolley, Robert F. Shepherd, Bobak Mosadegh, Kevin C. Galloway, Michael Wehner, Michael Karpelson, Robert J. Wood, George M. Whitesides

Citations: 1075 • 2014

Autonomous Soft Robotic Fish Capable of Escape Maneuvers Using Fluidic Elastomer Actuators

Andrew D. Marchese, Çağdaş D. Önal, Daniela Rus

Citations: 915 • 2014

Compliant actuator designs

Ronald Van Ham, Thomas G. Sugar, Bram Vanderborght, Kevin W. Hollander, Dirk Lefeber

Citations: 823 • 2009

Robotic Tentacles with Three‐Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

Ramsés V. Martínez, Jamie L. Branch, Carina R. Fish, Lihua Jin, Robert F. Shepherd, Rui M. D. Nunes, Zhigang Suo, George M. Whitesides

Citations: 712 • 2012

A Recipe for Soft Fluidic Elastomer Robots

Andrew D. Marchese, Robert K. Katzschmann, Daniela Rus

Citations: 634 • 2015

High-Force Soft Printable Pneumatics for Soft Robotic Applications

Hong Kai Yap, Hui Yong Ng, Chen‐Hua Yeow

Citations: 594 • 2016

Pneumatic artificial muscles: actuators for robotics and automation

Frank Daerden, Dirk Lefeber

Citations: 576 • 2002

Towards a soft pneumatic glove for hand rehabilitation

Panagiotis Polygerinos, Stacey Lyne, Zheng Wang, Luis Fernando Nicolini, Bobak Mosadegh, George M. Whitesides, Conor J. Walsh

Citations: 525 • 2013

Fast‐Response, Stiffness‐Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing

Yuan‐Fang Zhang, Ningbin Zhang, Hardik Hingorani, Ningyuan Ding, Dong Wang, Chao Yuan, Biao Zhang, Guoying Gu, Qi Ge

Citations: 504 • 2019

Mechanical Programming of Soft Actuators by Varying Fiber Angle

Fionnuala Connolly, Panagiotis Polygerinos, Conor J. Walsh, Katia Bertoldi

Citations: 500 • 2015

Control of pneumatic muscle actuators

Darwin G. Caldwell, Gustavo A. Medrano‐Cerda, Mary Goodwin-Trotman

Citations: 467 • 1995

Elastic Inflatable Actuators for Soft Robotic Applications

Benjamin Gorissen, Dominiek Reynaerts, Satoshi Konishi, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Joon-wan KIM, Michaël De Volder

Citations: 448 • 2017

Soft Robotics: A Review of Recent Developments of Pneumatic Soft Actuators

James S. Walker, Thomas Zidek, Cory Harbel, Sanghyun Yoon, F. Sterling Strickland, Srinivas Kumar, Minchul Shin

Citations: 369 • 2020

Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review of Design, Fabrication, Modeling, Sensing, Control and Applications

Matheus S. Xavier, Charbel Tawk, Ali Zolfagharian, Joshua Pinskier, David Howard, Taylor R. Young, Jiewen Lai, Simon M. Harrison, Yuen Kuan Yong, Mahdi Bodaghi, Andrew J. Fleming

Citations: 363 • 2022

Shape Memory Alloy-Based Soft Gripper with Variable Stiffness for Compliant and Effective Grasping

Wei Wang, Sung‐Hoon Ahn

Citations: 351 • 2017

A lightweight soft exosuit for gait assistance

Michael Wehner, Brendan Quinlivan, Patrick M. Aubin, Ernesto C. Martinez-Villalpando, Michael Baumann, Leia Stirling, Kenneth G. Holt, Robert J. Wood, Conor J. Walsh

Citations: 346 • 2013

A Bending Pneumatic Rubber Actuator Realizing Soft-bodied Manta Swimming Robot

Koichi Suzumori, Satoshi Endo, Takefumi Kanda, Naomi Kato, Hiroyoshi Suzuki

Citations: 338 • 2007