Roadmap on soft robotics: multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders

Mazzolai, Barbara, Mondini, Alessio, Del Dottore, Emanuela , Margheri, Laura, Suzumori, Koichi, Cianchetti, Matteo, Speck, Thomas, Smoukov, Stoyan, Burget, Ingo, Keplinger, Tobias, De Freitas Siqueira, Gilberto, Vanneste, Felix, Goury, Olivier, Duriez, Christian, Nanayakkara, Thrishantha, Vanderborght, Bram, Brancart, Joost, Terryn, Seppe, Rich, Steven, Liu, Ruiyuan, Fukuda, Kenjiro, Someya, Takao, Calisti, Marcello, Laschi, Cecilia, Sun, Wenguang, Wang, Gang, Wen, Li, Baines, Robert, Sree, Patiballa Kalyan, Kramer-Bottiglio, Rebecca, Rus, Daniela, Fischer, Peer, Simmel, Friedrich and Lendlein, Andreas (2022) Roadmap on soft robotics: multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders. Multifunctional Materials, 5 . 032001. ISSN 2399-7532

Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-7532/ac4c95

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Abstract

Soft robotics aims at creating systems with improved performance of movement and adaptability in unknown, challenging, environments and with higher level of safety during interactions with humans. This Roadmap on Soft Robotics covers selected aspects for the design of soft robots significantly linked to the area of multifunctional materials, as these are considered a fundamental component in the design of soft robots for an improvement of their peculiar abilities, such as morphing, adaptivity and growth. The roadmap includes different approaches for components and systems design, bioinspired materials, methodologies for building soft robots, strategies for the implementation and control of their functionalities and behavior, and examples of soft-bodied systems showing abilities across different environments. For each covered topic, the author(s) describe the current status and research directions, current and future challenges, and perspective advances in science and technology to meet the challenges.

Keywords:Robotics, Soft Robotics
Subjects:F Physical Sciences > F200 Materials Science
H Engineering > H671 Robotics
J Technologies > J511 Engineering Materials
J Technologies > J510 Materials Technology
Divisions:College of Science > Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology
ID Code:52106
Deposited On:20 Oct 2022 15:08

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