Recent Advances in Soft Robots
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics and Automation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 1933
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soft robots; programmable actuators; micromotors; robot swarm; biofilm therapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute high-quality papers to this Special Issue titled “Recent advances in Soft Robots”, launched by Applied Sciences. Soft robots have been widely explored and have now become a hot research topic, attracting much attention from different fields, such as robotics, materials science, physics, and biomedical engineering. The flexible and large deformation ability of soft robots allow them to perform dexterous operations and navigate in confined spaces of the human body, showing great potential as smart grippers, intelligent electronics, and biomedical applications. The rapid development of soft robots promises an exciting future for applications with huge economic value. Therefore, we think it is time to summarize the recent advances and applications in soft robots.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest high-quality articles from researchers working in the area of soft robots and produce a collection of at least 10 papers that may be printed in book form (if the desired number of papers is reached).
In this Special Issue, Original Research, Review, and Perspective articles are welcome. Related content may include (but is not limited to) the following: the construction materials of soft robots, the fabrication methods of soft robots, the deformation strategies of soft robots, the multifunctional integration of soft robots, the controlling methods of soft robots, and the applications of soft robots. While not mandatory, if you would like feedback on a manuscript’s suitability, we encourage you to submit an abstract (or short outline of the manuscript) by 15 September 2023. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 30 November 2023, but we can accommodate extensions on a case-by-case basis.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yue Dong
Dr. Mengmeng Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soft robots
- construction materials
- deformation strategies
- multifunctional integration
- controlling methods
- applications
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