Soft Actuation

Soft Actuation is a type of actuator integration that employs flexible, deformable materials and structures to generate motion through controlled soft-body deformation, distinguishing itself from rigid-body actuation by enabling compliant, adaptive, and biomimetic movement.

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39.1K

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2.5K

Authors

605

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Publications per year

2017–2026

460

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Actuator Integration

Publications

622

Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators with muscle-like performance

Eric Acome, Shane K. Mitchell, Timothy G. Morrissey et al. · Science · 2018 · 1K citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Robotics Engineering +17

Modeling of Soft Fiber-Reinforced Bending Actuators

Panagiotis Polygerinos, Zheng Wang, Johannes T. B. Overvelde et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 2015 · 887 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering +15

Kirigami skins make a simple soft actuator crawl

Ahmad Rafsanjani, Yue-Rou Zhang, Bangyuan Liu et al. · Science Robotics · 2018 · 607 citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering +17

Reversible Switching of Hydrogel-Actuated Nanostructures into Complex Micropatterns

Alexander Sidorenko, Tom N. Krupenkin, Ashley Taylor et al. · Science · 2007 · 564 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Electrically controlled liquid crystal elastomer–based soft tubular actuator with multimodal actuation

Qiguang He, Zhijian Wang, Yang Wang et al. · Science Advances · 2019 · 544 citations · Full text

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering +17

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Hugo Rodrigue
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
17 publications · 1.2K citations
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Daniela Rus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
9 publications · 970 citations
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Koichi Suzumori
Okayama University, Japan
9 publications · 656 citations
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Jae‐Do Nam
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
9 publications · 620 citations
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Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi
University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
8 publications · 199 citations
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Soft Robotics
SoRo · 35 publications · 2.4K citations
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Smart Materials and Structures
SMS · 25 publications · 1.2K citations
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Advanced Functional Materials
22 publications · 1.7K citations
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
23 publications · 895 citations
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
18 publications · 1.1K citations
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