Advances in Pneumatic Actuators 2021-2022

Dear Colleagues,

Soft robotics is still a relatively new field of research, but it has seen an enormous amount of interest in recent years with many new and novel systems being developed. Such systems offer a wide range of potential benefits, including inherent safety, flexibility and controlled compliance, which allow soft robots to achieve tasks that traditional rigid robots cannot. The development of soft robots has in turn led to many new soft actuators being developed based on a broad range of underlying technologies. Due to the compressibility of air, pneumatic-based actuators have proven a popular approach, and we saw many new soft pneumatic actuators and systems being presented in our last Special Issue. This new Special Issue seeks to showcase the latest developments in soft actuation, and we are seeking high-quality publications spanning (but not limited to) the following topics:

• The design of novel pneumatic soft actuators;
• The control of soft pneumatic systems;
• Pneumatic artificial muscles;
• Compliant pneumatic actuation;
• Modelling of soft pneumatic actuators;
• The application of pneumatic soft actuation.

Prof. Dr. Steve Davis
Guest Editor

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