Table of Contents

• Plenary speakers: Soft robots as an E-kagen artifactKoichi Suzumori. 1-7 [doi]
• Touch and see: Physical interactions stimulating patterns in artificial cephalopod skinAaron Fishman, Sal Catsis, Martin Homer, Jonathan Rossiter. 1-6 [doi]
• A circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA) inspired by human skeletal musclesAlaa Al-Ibadi, Samia Nefti-Meziani, Steve Davis. 7-12 [doi]
• Bioinspired navigation in shape morphing micromachines for autonomous targeted drug deliveryHen-Wei Huang, Sean Lyttle, Bradley J. Nelson. 13-18 [doi]
• A plant-inspired kinematic model for growing robotsEmanuela Del Dottore, Alessio Mondini, Alì Sadeghi, Barbara Mazzolai. 20-24 [doi]
• An addressable pneumatic regulator for distributed control of soft robotsJoran W. Booth, Jennifer C. Case, Edward L. White, Dylan S. Shah, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio. 25-30 [doi]
• Novel feedforward controller for straight-fiber-type artificial muscle based on an experimental identification modelRyuji Suzuki, Manabu Okui, Shingo Iikawa, Yasuyuki Yamada, Taro Nakamura. 31-38 [doi]
• Learning nonlinear dynamic models of soft robots for model predictive control with neural networksMorgan T. Gillespie, Charles M. Best, Eric C. Townsend, David Wingate, Marc D. Killpack. 39-45 [doi]
• Dynamic control of soft robots interacting with the environmentCosimo Della Santina, Robert K. Katzschmann, Antonio Bicchi, Daniela Rus. 46-53 [doi]
• Bioinspired setae for soft worm robot locomotionThomas Manwell, Binjie Guo, Junghwan Back, Hongbin Liu. 54-59 [doi]
• Prototype of a fish inspired swimming silk robotCassandra M. Donatelli, Sarah A. Bradner, Juanita Mathews, Erin Sanders, Casey Culligan, David Kaplan, Eric D. Tytell. 60-65 [doi]
• Closed structure soft robotic gripperP. Pedro, C. Ananda, P. B. Rafael, A. R. Carlos, B. C. Alexandre. 66-70 [doi]
• From plant root's sloughing and radial expansion mechanisms to a soft probe for soil explorationAnand Kumar Mishra, Francesca Tramacere, Barbara Mazzolai. 71-76 [doi]
• Design, fabrication and experimental analysis of a 3-D soft robotic snakeYun Qin, Zhenyu Wan, YiNan Sun, Erik H. Skorina, Ming Luo 0004, Cagdas D. Onal. 77-82 [doi]
• Design of a soft robophysical earthworm modelYasemin Ozkan Aydin, Jennifer L. Molnar, Daniel I. Goldman, Frank L. Hammond. 83-87 [doi]
• Resistance-based self-sensing system of active self-melting bolt towards autonomous healing structureShinsuke Nakashima, Takuma Shirai, Yuki Asano, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba. 88-93 [doi]
• A 4 DOFs variable stiffness soft moduleLuigi Manfredi, Lei Yue, Jiajia Zhang, Alfred Cuschieri. 94-99 [doi]
• Compliant electric actuators based on handed shearing auxeticsLillian Chin, Jeffrey Lipton, Robert MacCurdy, John Romanishin, Chetan Sharma, Daniela Rus. 100-107 [doi]
• Design of a bi-segmented soft actuator with hardware encoded quasi-static inflation sequenceEdoardo Milana, Benjamin Gorissen, Michaël De Voider, Dominiek Reynaerts. 108-113 [doi]
• Towards creating a flexible shape senor for soft robotsFaisal Al Jaber, Kaspar Althoefer. 114-119 [doi]
• Exoskeleton inflatable robotic arm with thin McKibben muscleShunichi Kurumaya, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori. 120-125 [doi]
• Estimating deformation of a thin flexible plate using a minimum number of angular measurementTakahiro Matsuno, Shinichi Hirai. 126-131 [doi]
• Deformable reflective diaphragm sensors for control of soft pneumatically actuated devicesAlexander M. Hart, Lucas O. Tiziani, Ji-Hwan Jung, Frank L. Hammond. 132-139 [doi]
• Analytic solutions for the static equilibrium configurations of externally loaded cantilever soft robotic armsStanislao Grazioso, Giuseppe Di Gironimo, Bruno Siciliano. 140-145 [doi]
• Force sensing fingertip with soft optical waveguides for robotic hands and grippersBabar Jamil, Jaehyun Kim, Youngjin Choi. 146-151 [doi]
• 3D printed resistive soft sensorsBenjamin Shih, Jason Mayeda, Zhaoyuan Huo, Caleb Christianson, Michael T. Tolley. 152-157 [doi]
• A flexible sensor for soft-bodied robots based on electrical impedance tomographyFrancesco Visentin, Paolo Fiorini. 158-163 [doi]
• Design of new Sensory Soft Hand: Combining air-pump actuation with superimposed curvature and pressure sensorsJohn Nassour, Vishal Ghadiya, Vincent Hugel, Fred H. Hamker. 164-169 [doi]
• An any-resolution pressure localization scheme using a soft capacitive sensor skinHarshal Arun Sonar, Michelle C. Yuen, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Jamie Paik. 170-175 [doi]
• Thin soft layered actuator based on a novel fabrication techniqueJunwai Kow, Peter Culmer, Ali Alazmani. 176-181 [doi]
• Soft skin texture modulation for social roboticsYuhan Hu, Zhengnan Zhao, Abheek Vimal, Guy Hoffman. 182-187 [doi]
• Prolonging the lifetime of straight-fiber-type pneumatic rubber artificial muscle by shape consideration and material developmentAkihiro Kojima, Manabu Okui, Yasuyuki Yamada, Taro Nakamura. 188-195 [doi]
• Ceiling continuum arm with extensible pneumatic actuators for desktop workspaceTaigo Yukisawa, Satoshi Nishikawa, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Yasuo Kuniyoshi. 196-201 [doi]
• Strain sensor-embedded soft pneumatic actuators for extension and bending feedbackMichelle C. Yuen, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Jamie Paik. 202-207 [doi]
• Development and experimental assessment of a flexible robot finRoza Gliva, Michael Sfakiotakis, Maarja Kruusmaa. 208-213 [doi]
• Helically wound soft actuators for torsion controlGina Olson, Yigit Mengüç. 214-221 [doi]
• Mechanical assembly of soft deployable structures and robotsWei Wang, Sung-Hoon Ahn. 222-227 [doi]
• Measurement of tissue stiffness using soft eGa-in sensors and pressure applicationNicholas Bira, Yigit Mengüç. 228-232 [doi]
• Electromechanical behavior of soft porous capacitive sensorsMassimo Totaro, Lucia Beccai. 233-238 [doi]
• MultiTip: A multimodal mechano-thermal soft fingertipGabor Soter, Andrew T. Conn, Helmut Hauser, Nathan F. Lepora, Jonathan Rossiter. 239-244 [doi]
• Helical actuation on a soft inflated robot bodyLaura H. Blumenschein, Nathan S. Usevitch, Brian H. Do, Elliot Wright Hawkes, Allison M. Okamura. 245-252 [doi]
• Fluidical bending actuator designed for soft octopus robot tentacleJan Fras, Mateusz Macias, Yohan Noh, Kaspar Althoefer. 253-257 [doi]
• Preliminary experimental study on variable stiffness structures based on fiber jamming for soft robotsMargherita Brancadoro, Mariangela Manti, Selene Tognarelli, Matteo Cianchetti. 258-263 [doi]
• A variable shape and variable stiffness controller for haptic virtual interactionsBenjamin C. Mac Murray, Bryan N. Peele, Patricia Xu, Josef Spjut, Omer Shapira, David Luebke, Robert F. Shepherd. 264-269 [doi]
• Soft wearable non-vibratory tactile displaysHugh Boys, Gabriele Frediani, Michele Ghilardi, Stefan Poslad, James C. Busfield, Federico Carpi. 270-275 [doi]
• Tough, bendable and stretchable tactile sensors array for covering robot surfacesYuji Hirai, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe. 276-281 [doi]
• Design and shape optimization of PolyJet bellows actuatorsGabriel Dammer, Sven Gablenz, Alexander Hildebrandt, Zoltan Major. 282-287 [doi]
• All-soft material system for strong soft actuatorsR. Adam Bilodeau, Asian Miriyev, Hod Lipson, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio. 288-294 [doi]
• Direct 3D printing of silicone elastomer soft robots and their performance comparison with molded counterpartsOsman Dogan Yirmibesoglu, John Morrow, Stephanie Walker, Walker Gosrich, Reece Canizares, Hansung Kim, Uranbileg Daalkhaijav, Chloe Fleming, Callie Branyan, Yigit Mengüç. 295-302 [doi]
• Multi-directional crawling robot with soft actuators and electroadhesive grippersKrishna Manaswi Digumarti, Chongjing Cao, Jianglong Guo, Andrew T. Conn, Jonathan Rossiter. 303-308 [doi]
• A kinematic model to constrain slip in soft body peristaltic locomotionAkhil Kandhari, Kathryn A. Daltorio. 309-314 [doi]
• A paper-based wall-climbing robot enabled by electrostatic adhesionQiyang Wu, Vishesh Pradeep, Xinyu Liu. 315-320 [doi]
• Water pipe robot utilizing soft inflatable actuatorsWade Adams, Saivimal Sridar, Carly M. Thalman, Bryce Copenhaver, Hassan Elsaad, Panagiotis Polygerinos. 321-326 [doi]
• Flapping at resonance: Realization of an electroactive elastic thoraxChongjing Cao, Stuart C. Burgess, Andrew T. Conn. 327-332 [doi]
• U-turning an agile robotic cube by a soft dielectric elastomer resonatorChao Tang, Bo Li, Hualing Chen. 333-338 [doi]
• Electroactive textile actuators for wearable and soft robotsJianglong Guo, Chaoqun Xiang, Tim Helps, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter. 339-343 [doi]
• Development of an adaptable, soft robot with an aortic diameter sensor to modulate blood flow in an extreme biological environmentAlok Mehta, Akash Mehta, Diana Velazquez-Pimentel, Samy Sadek, Kaspar Althoefer. 344-349 [doi]
• Effect of base rotation on the controllability of a redundant soft robotic armHiroki Shigemune, Vito Cacucciolo, Matteo Cianchetti, Hideyuki Sawada, Shuji Hashimoto, Cecilia Laschi. 350-355 [doi]
• Soft morphological processing of tactile stimuli for autonomous category formationLuca Scimeca, Perla Maiolino, Fumiya Iida. 356-361 [doi]
• Tactile sensing system with wrinkle's morphological change: ModelingHiep Xuan Trinh, Van Anh Ho, Koji Shibuya. 362-368 [doi]
• Design and fabrication of a soft robotic hand and arm systemAlexander Alspach, Joohyung Kim, Katsu Yamane. 369-375 [doi]
• Multi-fingered robotic hand based on hybrid mechanism of tendon-driven and jamming transitionKaori Mizushima, Takumi Oku, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe. 376-381 [doi]
• Chamber dimension optimization of a bellow-type soft actuator for food material handlingZhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai. 382-387 [doi]
• High strength bubble artificial muscles for walking assistanceRichard Suphapol Diteesawat, Tim Helps, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter. 388-393 [doi]
• Fishbone-inspired soft robotic glove for hand rehabilitation with multi-degrees-of-freedomYongkang Jiang, Diansheng Chen, Pengyong Liu, Xiaofang Jiao, Zilong Ping, Zi Xu, Jian Li, Ying Xu. 394-399 [doi]
• Lithographic production of vertically aligned CNT strain sensors for integration in soft robotic microactuatorsBenjamin Gorissen, Edoardo Milana, Dominiek Reynaerts, Michaël De Voider. 400-405 [doi]
• Flexible link long reach manipulator with lightweight dual arm: Soft-collision detection, reaction, and obstacle localizationA. Suarez, A. M. Giordano, Konstantin Kondak, Guillermo Heredia, Aníbal Ollero. 406-411 [doi]
• A soft robotic approach to robust and dexterous graspingJianshu Zhou, Xiaojiao Chen, Jing Li, Yinan Tian, Zheng Wang. 412-417 [doi]
• Soft grasping with wet adhesion: Preliminary evaluationPho Van Nguyen, Ngoc Van Huynh, Tue Trong Phan, Van Anh Ho. 418-423 [doi]
• Topology optimized design, fabrication and evaluation of a multimaterial soft gripperHongying Zhang, A. Senthil Kumar, Jerry Y. H. Fuh, Michael Yu Wang. 424-430 [doi]
• Low-inertia vacuum-powered soft pneumatic actuator coil characterization and design methodologyMatthew A. Robertson, Jamie Paik. 431-436 [doi]
• Effects of material properties on soft gripper grasping forcesA. Agarwal, V. Viswanathan, S. Maheshwari, Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado. 437-442 [doi]
• Optimal learning and surface identification for terrestrial soft robotsMiranda M. Tanouye, Vishesh Vikas. 443-448 [doi]
• Underwater soft jet propulsion based on a hoberman mechanismSaverio Iacoponi, Giacomo Picardi, Mrudul Chellapurath, Marcello Calisti, Cecilia Laschi. 449-454 [doi]
• Toward a low hysteresis helical scale Jamming interface inspired by teleost fish scale morphology and arrangementS. M. Hadi Sadati, S. Elnaz Naghibi, Kaspar Althoefer, Thrishantha Nanayakkara. 455-460 [doi]
• Caterpillar-inspired crawling robot on a stick using active-release and passive-grip elastic legsTakuya Umedachi, Yoshihiro Kawahara. 461-466 [doi]
• Trajectory tracking of a one-DOF manipulator using multiple fishing line actuators by iterative learning controlShu Ono, Ken Masuya, Kentaro Takagi, Kenji Tahara. 467-472 [doi]
• Leveraging fluid resistance in soft robotsChaim C. Futran, Steven Ceron, Benjamin C. Mac Murray, Robert F. Shepherd, Kirstin H. Petersen. 473-478 [doi]
• Low profile stretch sensor for soft wearable roboticsS. Sareh, Y. Noh. 479-484 [doi]
• Variable stiffness strip with strain sensing for wearable roboticsAlice Tonazzini, Jun Shintake, Carine Rognon, V. Ramachandran, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano. 485-490 [doi]
• Soft sucker shoe for anti-slippage applicationS. P. Murali Babu, Ali Sadeghi, Alessio Mondini, Barbara Mazzolai. 491-496 [doi]
• A soft robotic exo-sheath using fabric EMG sensing for hand rehabilitation and assistanceJiaqi Guo, Shuangyue Yu, Yanjun Li, Tzu-Hao Huang, Junlin Wang, Brian Lynn, Jeremy Fidock, Chien-Lung Shen, Dylan Edwards, Hao Su. 497-503 [doi]
• Follow the dummy: Measuring the influence of a biomimetic robotic fish-lure on the collective decisions of a zebrafish shoal inside a circular corridorFrank Bonnet, José Halloy, Francesco Mondada. 504-509 [doi]
• A low-cost experimental rig for multi-DOF unsteady thrust measurements of aquatic bioinspired soft robotsArtur K. Lidtke, Francesco Giorgio Serchi, Matt Lisle, Gabriel D. Weymouth. 510-515 [doi]
• An inverse kinematics method of a soft robotic arm with three-dimensional locomotion for underwater manipulationZheyuan Gong, Jiahui Cheng, Kainan Hu, Tianmiao Wang, Li Wen. 516-521 [doi]
• State and stiffness estimation using robotic fabricsJennifer C. Case, Joran W. Booth, Dylan S. Shah, Michelle C. Yuen, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio. 522-527 [doi]
• Parameter estimation and modeling of a pneumatic continuum manipulator with asymmetric building blocksNaveen Kumar Uppalapati, Gaurav Singh, Girish Krishnan. 528-533 [doi]
• Modeling vacuum bellows soft pneumatic actuators with optimal mechanical performanceWyatt Felt, Matthew A. Robertson, Jamie Paik. 534-540 [doi]
• Shape estimation based on Kalman filtering: Towards fully soft proprioceptionDario Lunni, Goffredo Giordano, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Matteo Cianchetti, Barbara Mazzolai. 541-546 [doi]
• Distributed design of passive particle jamming based soft grippersYingtian Li, Yonghua Chen, Yunquan Li. 547-552 [doi]
• Tack and deformation based sensorised gripping using conductive hot melt adhesiveJosie Hughes, Fumiya Iida. 553-558 [doi]
• Soft wearable device for lower limb assistance: Assessment of an optimized energy efficient actuation prototypeTommaso Poliero, Christian Di Natali, Matteo Sposito, Jesús Ortiz, Eveline Graf, Carole Pauli, Eliza Bottenberg, Adam de Eyto, Darwin G. Caldwell. 559-564 [doi]
• Design and embedded control of a soft elbow exosuitDomenico Chiaradia, Michele Xiloyannis, Chris Wilson Antuvan, Antonio Frisoli, Lorenzo Masia. 565-571 [doi]
• Muscle textile to implement soft suit to shift balancing posture of the bodyTomoki Abe, Shoichiro Koizumi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori. 572-578 [doi]
• AirExGlove - A novel pneumatic exoskeleton glove for adaptive hand rehabilitation in post-stroke patientsAgostino Stilli, Arianna Cremoni, Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Ridolfi, Filippo Gerii, Federica Vannetti, Helge A. Wurdemann, Benedetto Allotta, Kaspar Althoefer. 579-584 [doi]