Table of Contents

• Experimental Evaluation of Textile Mechanisms Made of Artificial MusclesTatsuhiro Hiramitsu, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo. 1-6 [doi]
• Computational Design for Inflated Shape of a Modular Soft Robotic ActuatorDavid R. Ellis, Martin P. Venter, Gerhard Venter. 7-12 [doi]
• Dimension Optimization of Pneumatically Actuated Soft Continuum ManipulatorsXiangyu Peng, Ningbin Zhang, Lisen Ge, Guoying Gu. 13-18 [doi]
• EPAM: Eversive Pneumatic Artificial MuscleTaqi Abrar, Fabrizio Putzu, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Kaspar Althoefer. 19-24 [doi]
• A Soft Actuator with Tunable Mechanical Configurations for Object Grasping Based on Sensory FeedbackXi Fang, Zemin Liu, Yufei Hao, Hui Yang, Jiaqi Liu, Zhexin Xie, Li Wen. 25-30 [doi]
• A Wireless Compact Control Unit (WiCCU) for Untethered Pneumatic Soft RobotsLuigi Manfredi, Alfred Cuschieri. 31-36 [doi]
• Low-pressure Soft Inflatable Joint Driven by Inner TendonYoung Ah Seong, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Yasuo Kuniyoshi. 37-42 [doi]
• STAS: An Antagonistic Soft Pneumatic Actuator Assembly for High Torque OutputTiana Monet Miller-Jackson, Jevons Li, Rainier Florentin Natividad, Raye Chen Hua Yeow. 43-48 [doi]
• Cutting the Cord: Soft Haptic Devices without a Pressure SourceNathan S. Usevitch, Andrew A. Stanley. 49-55 [doi]
• Evaluation of design aspects of modular pneumatic soft robotic endoscopesJan A. Lenssen, Hamid Naghibi, Momen Abayazid. 56-61 [doi]
• Tiled Auxetic Cylinders for Soft RobotsMelanie F. Simons, Krishna Manaswi Digumarti, Andrew T. Conn, Jonathan Rossiter. 62-67 [doi]
• Buckling Elements for Elastomer DeformationAlix J. Partridge, Andrew T. Conn. 68-73 [doi]
• Driving Soft Robots with Low-Boiling Point FluidsMartin Stephen Garrad, Gabor Soter, Andrew T. Conn, Helmut Hauser, Jonathan Rossiter. 74-79 [doi]
• A Passively Adaptive Microspine Grapple for Robust, Controllable PerchingHai-Nguyen Nguyen, Robert Siddall, Brett Stephens, Alberto Navarro-Rubio, Mirko Kovac. 80-87 [doi]
• Low-Cost Wireless Modular Soft Tensegrity RobotsJonathan Kimber, Zongliang Ji, Aikaterini Petridou, Thomas Sipple, Kentaro Barhydt, James Boggs, Luke Dosiek, John Rieffel. 88-93 [doi]
• Configurable Tendon Routing in a 3D-printed Soft Actuator for Improved Locomotion in a Multi-Legged RobotJose Barreiros, Kevin W. O'Brien, Samantha Hong, Michael F. Xiao, Ho-Jung Yang, Robert F. Shepherd. 94-101 [doi]
• Automated Recycling Separation Enabled by Soft Robotic Material ClassificationLillian Chin, Jeffrey Lipton, Michelle C. Yuen, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Daniela Rus. 102-107 [doi]
• Delicate yet strong: Characterizing the electro-adhesion lifting force with a soft gripperVito Cacucciolo, Jun Shintake, Herbert Shea. 108-113 [doi]
• A Wrapping Gripper for Packaging Chopped and Granular Food MaterialsYoshiyuki Kuriyama, Yuusuke Okino, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai. 114-119 [doi]
• Integration of Thermoresponsive Velcro-like Adhesive for Soft Robotic Grasping of Fabrics or Smooth SurfacesTeng Zhang, Tianshuo Liang, Xiaokui Yue, Dan Sameoto. 120-125 [doi]
• Magnetically Guided Soft Robotic GrippersVojtech Skfivan, Ondrej Sodomka, Frantisek Mach. 126-130 [doi]
• Development of Contact Area Variable Surface for Manipulation Requiring SlidingSeita Nojiri, Kaori Mizushima, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe. 131-136 [doi]
• Development of a Three-Fingered Jamming Gripper for Corresponding to the Position Error and Shape DifferenceKohei Amano, Yukiko Iwasaki, Koki Nakabayashi, Hiroyasu Iwata. 137-142 [doi]
• Characterising 3D-printed Soft Fin Ray Robotic Fingers with Layer Jamming Capability for Delicate GraspingKhaled Elgeneidy, Peter Lightbody, Simon Pearson, Gerhard Neumann. 143-148 [doi]
• Development of a Sensorized Hybrid Gripper to Evaluate Grasping QualityWookeun Park, Seongmin Seo, Joonbum Bae. 149-154 [doi]
• Gel-Based Soft Interfaces for Fastener Manipulation in Robotic Agile AssemblyKieran Gilday, Josie Hughes, Fumiya Iida. 155-160 [doi]
• A Low-cost Inchworm-inspired Soft Robot Driven by Supercoiled Polymer Artificial MuscleYang Yang, Yu Alexander Tse, Yazhan Zhang, Zicheng Kan, Michael Yu Wang. 161-166 [doi]
• Actuation Frequency-dependent Automatic Behavioral Switching on Caterpillar-inspired Crawling RobotTakuya Umedachi, Masahiro Shimizu, Yoshihiro Kawahara. 167-171 [doi]
• Nutation Aids Heterogeneous Substrate Exploration in a Robophysical RootYasemin Ozkan Aydin, Mason Murray-Cooper, Enes Aydin, Erin N. McCaskey, Nicholas D. Naclerio, Elliot W. Hawkes, Daniel I. Goldman. 172-177 [doi]
• Adaptive Compliant Foot Design for Salamander RobotsLaura Paez, Kamilo Melo, Robin Thandiackal, Auke Jan Ijspeert. 178-185 [doi]
• Manoeuvring of an aquatic soft robot using thrust-vectoringTao Wang, Artur K. Lidtke, Francesco Giorgio Serchi, Gabriel D. Weymouth. 186-191 [doi]
• Inchworm-Inspired Locomotion in Untethered Soft RobotsTimothy Duggan, Logan Horowitz, Asena Ulug, Emilie Baker, Kirstin Petersen. 200-205 [doi]
• Gait Generation with Smooth Transition Using Neural Oscillator Network Based Locomotion Control for Snake-Like RobotDong Zhang 0006, Qing Xiao, Zhengcai Cao. 206-211 [doi]
• Electrical behavior of a self-sensing actuator made of electroactive polymersChia-Ju Peng, Frederic Ribeiro, Cédric Plesse, Shih-Jui Chen, Luc Chassagne, Barthelemy Cagneau. 212-216 [doi]
• Bi-modal control of vacuum-powered soft pneumatic actuators with embedded liquid metal-based strain sensitive skinMatthew A. Robertson, Laurent Dejace, Stéphanie P. Lacour, Jamie Paik. 217-221 [doi]
• High Force Generation Using Inflatable Toroidal Soft Robot ActuatorsJosh Bishop-Moser. 222-226 [doi]
• A Wireless Inductive Sensing Technology for Soft Pneumatic Actuators Using Magnetorheological ElastomersHongbo Wang, Massimo Totaro, Afroditi Astreinidi Blandin, Lucia Beccai. 242-248 [doi]
• Generalized Delta Mechanisms from Soft ActuatorsLaura H. Blumenschein, Yigit Mcnguc. 249-256 [doi]
• Design of a Lightweight Inflatable Sensing Sleeve for Increased Adaptability and Safety of Legged RobotsTaekyoung Kim, Jaejun Park, Sohee John Yoon, Do Hun Kong, Hae Won Park, Yong-Lae Park. 257-264 [doi]
• Reducing Out-of-Plane Deformation of Soft Robotic Actuators for Stable GraspingRob B. N. Scharff, Jun Wu 0005, Jo M. P. Geraedts, Charlie C. L. Wang. 265-270 [doi]
• Architectures of Soft Pneumatic Actuators Inspired by Muscle Fiber ArrangementsSreeshankar Satheeshbabu, Nicholas Thompson, Chenzhang Xiao, Girish Krishnan. 271-276 [doi]
• Towards more Energy Efficient Pneumatic Soft Actuators using a Port-Hamiltonian ApproachHo-Tak D. Chun, Jamie O. Roberts, Mohammed E. Sayed, Simona Aracri, Adam A. Stokes. 277-282 [doi]
• Antagonistic Pneumatic Actuators with Variable Stiffness for Soft Robotic ApplicationsS. P. Murali Babu, Ali Sadeghi, Alessio Mondini, Barbara Mazzolai. 283-288 [doi]
• A Novel Binding Hand with Closed Loop Thread Capable of Grasping Small-Diameter ObjectsYuki Mimori, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai. 310-315 [doi]
• A Multi-Material Self-Healing Soft GripperEllen Roels, Seppe Terryn, Joost Brancart, Guy Van Assche, Bram Vanderborght. 316-321 [doi]
• Soft Robotic Fingers with Embedded Ionogel Sensors and Discrete Actuation Modes for Somatosensitive ManipulationRyan L. Truby, Robert K. Katzschmann, Jennifer A. Lewis, Daniela Rus. 322-329 [doi]
• Measurement of shear forces during gripping tasks with a low-cost tactile sensing systemRishabh Agarwal, Sarah Bergbreiter. 330-336 [doi]
• Detecting Sliding Movement Location on Morphologically Changeable Soft Tactile Sensing System with Three-axis AccelerometerKoji Shibuya, Yuki Iwamoto, Hiep Xuan Trinh, Van Anh Ho. 337-342 [doi]
• Development of a Vision-Based Soft Tactile MuscularisLac Van Duong, Rei Asahina, Jia Wang, Van Anh Ho. 343-348 [doi]
• Intelligent Position, Pressure and Depth Sensing in a Soft Optical Waveguide SkinDavid Ofosu Amoateng, Massimo Totaro, Marco Crepaldi, Egidio Falotico, Lucia Beccai. 349-354 [doi]
• Skinflow: A soft robotic skin based on fluidic transmissionGabor Soter, Martin Stephen Garrad, Andrew T. Conn, Helmut Hauser, Jonathan Rossiter. 355-360 [doi]
• An Elastomer-based Flexible Optical Force and Tactile SensorWanlin Li, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Yohan Noh, Zixiang Ma, Akram Alomainy, Kaspar Althoefer. 361-366 [doi]
• Soft Sensors for Curvature Estimation under Water in a Soft Robotic FishBrian Wright, Daniel M. Vogt, Robert J. Wood, Ardian Jusufi. 367-371 [doi]
• A piezoresistive flexible sensor to detect soft actuator deformationMartina Maselli, Debora Zrinscak, Vanni Magliola, Matteo Cianchetti. 372-377 [doi]
• Reconfigurable Soft Capacitive Sensor with Variable Stiffness RingKristen L. Dorsey. 378-383 [doi]
• Multi-Material Soft Strain Sensors with High Gauge Factors for Proprioceptive Sensing of Soft Bending ActuatorsMyungsun Park, Yunsik Ohm, Dongwook Kim, Yong-Lae Park. 384-390 [doi]
• Sensory garments with vibrotactile feedback for monitoring and informing seated postureVincent J. Barone, Michelle C. Yuen, Rebecca Kramer-Boniglio, Kathleen H. Sienko. 391-397 [doi]
• Design and Prototype of Supernumerary Robotic Finger (SRF) Inspired by Fin Ray® Effect for Patients Suffering from Sensorimotor Hand ImpairmentIrfan Hussain, Muddasar Anwar, Zubair Iqbal, Rajkumar Muthusamy, Monica Malvezzi, Lakmal D. Seneviratne, Dongming Gan, Federico Renda, Domenico Prattichizzo. 398-403 [doi]
• Fabric-Based Soft Grippers Capable of Selective Distributed Bending for Assistance of Daily Living TasksPham Huy Nguyen, Saivimal Sridar, Sunny Amatya, Carly M. Thalman, Panagiotis Polygerinos. 404-409 [doi]
• Towards Adaptive Prosthetic Sockets using 3D-printed Variable-stiffness Shape-memory StructuresAfonso Pourfarzaneh, Majid Taghavi, Tim Helps, Jonathan Rossiter. 410-415 [doi]
• Near-optimal Smooth Path Planning for Multisection Continuum ArmsJiahao Deng, Brandon H. Meng, Iyad Kanj, Isuru S. Godage. 416-421 [doi]
• Simplified Sensing and Control of a Plant-Inspired Cable Driven ManipulatorFrancesco Visentin, Anand Kumar Mishra, Giovanna A. Naselli, Barbara Mazzolai. 422-427 [doi]
• A Semi-Active Control Method for Pneumatic Actuators with Evolutionary AlgorithmDaisuke Kaneishi, Robert Peter Matthew, Michael Korey Estrada, Masayoshi Tomizuka. 428-433 [doi]
• Linear and Nonlinear Low Level Control of a Soft Pneumatic ActuatorSerhat Ibrahim, Jan Christoph Krause, Annika Raatz. 434-440 [doi]
• Information Processing Capability of Soft Continuum ArmsEstefany A. Torres, Kohei Nakajima, Isuru S. Godage. 441-447 [doi]
• Control of a Hyper-Redundant Robot for Quality Inspection in Additive Manufacturing for ConstructionOthman Lakhal, Achille Melingui, Gérald Dherbomez, Rochdi Merzouki. 448-453 [doi]
• Dynamic Motion Control of Multi-Segment Soft Robots Using Piecewise Constant Curvature Matched with an Augmented Rigid Body ModelRobert K. Katzschmann, Cosimo Della Santina, Yasunori Toshimitsu, Antonio Bicchi, Daniela Rus. 454-461 [doi]
• Characterization of a Class of Soft Bending ArmsGina Olson, Brian Woronowicz, Yigit Mengüç. 462-469 [doi]
• An Origami-Inspired Monolithic Soft Gripper Based on Geometric Design MethodZicheng Kan, Yazhan Zhang, Yang Yang, Yu Alexander Tse, Michael Yu Wang. 470-476 [doi]
• Joint Design and Fabrication for Multi-Material Soft/Hybrid RobotsCern Aygul, Joanna Kwiczak-Yigitbasi, Bilge Baytekin, Onur Özcan. 477-482 [doi]
• PCI Method: A Novel Fabrication Method of Soft Mechanisms Utilizing Cure Inhibition of Addition Reaction SiliconeYosuke Suzuki, Taichi Kitamura. 483-490 [doi]
• A Method to Fabricate Complex Structure for Variable Stiffness Manipulators Based on Low-Melting-Point AlloyFengxu Wang, Zhiguang Xing, Xinbo Wang, Jianwen Zhao. 491-495 [doi]
• Aerosol Jet Printing for the Manufacture of Soft Robotic DevicesNathan J. Wilkinson, Maria Lukic-Mann, Matthew P. Shuttleworth, Robert W. Kay, Russell A. Harris. 496-501 [doi]
• Development of Airbag Fabrication Machine and Process for Physical Human Machine InteractionEric Sebastian Sanchez, Daniel Campos Zamora, Joohyung Kim. 502-508 [doi]
• Fabrication of Soft Devices with Buried Fluid Channels by Using Sacrificial 3D Printed MoldsAnastasia Koivikko, Veikko Sariola. 509-513 [doi]
• Toward Shape Optimization of Soft RobotsThomas Morzadec, Damien Marchal, Christian Duriez. 521-526 [doi]
• Robotic Touch: Classification of Materials for Manipulation and WalkingJakub Bednarek, Michal Bednarek, Piotr Kicki, Krzysztof Walas. 527-533 [doi]
• Structured motor exploration for adaptive learning-based tracking in soft robotic manipulatorsYasmin Ansari, Cecilia Laschi, Egidio Falotico. 534-539 [doi]
• Evaluation of Novel Vibrotactile Biofeedback Coding Schemes for Gait Symmetry TrainingMuhammad Raheel Afzal, Hosu Lee, Amre Eizad, Chang-Han Lee, Min-Kyun Oh, Jungwon Yoon. 540-545 [doi]
• Active Sensing Methods of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC): Comparative Study in Frequency DomainWanHasbullah MohdIsa, Andres Hunt, S. Hassan Hosseinnia. 546-551 [doi]
• Direct Writing-based Wiring of Liquid Metal to a Metal Electrode for Soft Sensor SystemsSuin Kim, Dahee Jeong, Jihye Oh, Joonbum Bae. 552-557 [doi]
• Sensing Through the Body - Non-Contact Object Localisation Using Morphological ComputationEuan Judd, Gabor Soter, Jonathan Rossiter, Helmut Hauser. 558-563 [doi]
• Design and Characterization of a 3D Printed Soft Robotic Wrist Sleeve with 2 DoF for Stroke RehabilitationBenjamin W. K. Ang, Chen-Hua Yeow. 577-582 [doi]
• A robotic forearm orthosis using soft fabric-based helical actuatorsJonathan Realmuto, Terence D. Sanger. 591-596 [doi]
• Soft-bubble: A highly compliant dense geometry tactile sensor for robot manipulationAlex Alspach, Kunimatsu Hashimoto, Naveen Kuppuswarny, Russ Tedrake. 597-604 [doi]
• ConTact Sensors: A Tactile Sensor Readily Integrable into Soft RobotsPornthep Preechayasomboon, Eric Rombokas. 605-610 [doi]
• Biomimetic Soft Airflow Sensor with Printed Ionogel ConductorHee-Sup Shin, Taekyoung Kim, Sarah Bergbreiter, Yong-Lae Park. 611-616 [doi]
• Surface Undulation Detection System Using Wearable Artificial Skin Layer with Strain GaugeToshiaki Masaki, Mitsuhito Ando, Toshinobu Takei, Hideo Fujimoto, Hiromi Mochiyama. 617-622 [doi]
• A Novel Elbow Pneumatic Muscle Actuator for Exoskeleton Arm in Post-Stroke RehabilitationMae Irshaidat, Majeed Soufian, Alaa Al-Ibadi, Samia Nefti-Meziani. 630-635 [doi]
• A Lightweight, Soft Wearable Sleeve for Rehabilitation of Forearm Pronation and SupinationSe-Hun Park, Jaehyun Yi, Dongwook Kim, Youngbin Lee, Helen Sumin Koo, Yong-Lae Park. 636-641 [doi]
• A Grasping Component Mapping Approach for Soft Robotic End-Effector ControlJianshu Zhou, Xiaojiao Chen, Ukyoung Chang, Yunhui Liu, Yonghua Chen, Zheng Wang. 650-655 [doi]
• Tele-Operable Controlling System for Hand Gesture Controlled Soft Robot ActuatorP. D. S. H. Gunawardane, R. E. A. Pallewela, Nimali T. Medagedara. 656-662 [doi]
• Gripping Force Modeling of a Binding HandIkumi Okada, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai. 671-676 [doi]
• Cerebellum-inspired approach for adaptive kinematic control of soft robotsHari Teja Kalidindi, Thomas George Thuruthel, Cecilia Laschi, Egidio Falotico. 684-689 [doi]
• Development of a Four-Bar Linkage Integrated with a Polypyrrole Actuator and a Resistive Sensor Toward Biomimetic PleopodsBokeon Kwak, Joonbum Bae. 698-703 [doi]
• Toward a bio-inspired variable-stiffness morphing limb for amphibious robot locomotionRobert L. Baines, Joran W. Booth, Frank E. Fish, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio. 704-710 [doi]
• Validation of an Extensible Rod Model for Soft continuum ManipulatorsHunter B. Gilbert, Isuru S. Godage. 711-716 [doi]
• Dynamically Closed-Loop Controlled Soft Robotic Arm using a Reduced Order Finite Element Model with State ObserverRobert K. Katzschmann, Maxime Thieffry, Olivier Goury, Alexandre Kruszewski, Thierry-Marie Guerra, Christian Duriez, Daniela Rus. 717-724 [doi]
• Numerical Analysis of Contact Area Influence in a Capacitive Soft Force SensorTakahiro Matsuno, Shinichi Hirai. 725-730 [doi]
• Soft robots locomotion and manipulation control using FEM simulation and quadratic programmingEulalie Coevoet, Adrien Escande, Christian Duriez. 739-745 [doi]
• Simulation-based Design of Transfer Support Robot and Experimental VerificationYumeko Imamura, Yui Endo, Eiichi Yoshida. 754-761 [doi]
• Automated Fiber Embedding for Tailoring Mechanical and Functional Properties of Soft Robot ComponentsT. Stalin, N. K. Thanigaivel, V. S. Joseph, P. Valdiviay Alvarado. 762-767 [doi]
• Precise bonding-free micromoulding of miniaturized elastic inflatable actuatorsEdoardo Milana, Mattia Bellotti, Benjamin Gorissen, Michaël De Volder, Dominiek Reynaerts. 768-773 [doi]
• Soft Robots for Extreme Environments: Removing Electronic ControlStephen T. Mahon, Anthony Buchoux, Mohammed E. Sayed, Lijun Teng, Adam A. Stokes. 782-787 [doi]
• Minimalist Design of a 3-Axis Passive Compliant Foot for Sprawling Posture RobotsKamilo Melo, Tomislav Horvat, Auke Jan Ijspeert. 788-794 [doi]
• Efficient Drag-based Swimming using Articulated Legs with Micro Hair Arrays Inspired by a Water BeetleBokeon Kwak, Dongyoung Lee, Joonbum Bae. 795-800 [doi]
• Eversion and Retraction of a Soft Robot Towards the Exploration of Coral ReefsJamie Luong, Paul Glick, Aaron C. Ong, Maya S. deVries, Stuart Sandin, Elliot W. Hawkes, Michael Thomas Tolley. 801-807 [doi]
• Loco-sheet: Morphing Inchworm Robot Across Rough-terrainMun Hyeok Chang, Su Hwan Chae, Hye Ju Yoo, Sang-hun Kim, Woong-Bae Kim, Kyu-Jin Cho. 808-813 [doi]
• Programmable Fluidic Networks Design for Robotic Origami Sequential Self-FoldingZhenishbek Zhakypov, Mustafa Mete, Julien Fiorentino, Jamie Paik. 814-820 [doi]
• A Design and Fabrication Approach for Pneumatic Soft Robotic Arms Using 3D Printed Origami SkeletonsK. Zhang, Y. Zhu, C. Lou, P. Zheng, M. Kovac. 821-827 [doi]
• Kirigami Skin Improves Soft Earthworm Robot Anchoring and Locomotion Under Cohesive SoilBangyuan Liu, Yasemin Ozkan Aydin, Daniel I. Goldman, Frank L. Hammond. 828-833 [doi]
• Simplifying Soft Robots Through Adhesive-backed FabricsTiana Monet Miller-Jackson, Rainier F. Natividad, Chen-Hua Yeow. 834-839 [doi]
• A Reconfigurable Crawling Robot Driven by Electroactive Artificial MuscleChongjing Cao, Richard Suphapol Diteesawat, Jonathan Rossiter, Andrew T. Conn. 840-845 [doi]