Recent Advances in Pneumatic Soft Actuators

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit your paper(s) to our Special Issue entitled “Recent Advances in Pneumatic Soft Actuators” in Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). Both original research and review articles are welcome.

Pneumatic systems have always been attractive due to their simplicity, low cost, high power to weight ratio and high velocities. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in pneumatic soft actuators, as they are intrinsically compliant and therefore naturally suited to reaching confined spaces, dealing with unfamiliar environments, manipulating objects in complex ways and safely interacting with humans. Despite this, the use of pneumatic soft actuators still presents several challenges. In fact, their inherent nonlinear behavior makes them difficult to model and to control. Moreover, their nonconventional morphology requires new ideas on materials and manufacturing processes, as well as new ideas on the type of sensors used.

To highlight recent developments and future perspectives, this Special Issue invites contributions from all aspects on pneumatic soft robots, including but not limited to:

• Novel pneumatic soft actuators materials and geometries;
• Novel design and fabrication techniques, including 3D printing;
• Improvement of the actuator service life;
• Modelling and control of soft pneumatic actuators;
• Hybrid pneumatic-electrical actuators.

Prof. Dr. João Falcão Carneiro
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Actuators is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.