Structural engineering

Series elastic actuators

Gill A. Pratt, Matthew M. Williamson

Citations: 2177 • 2002

Robot Analysis: The Mechanics of Serial and Parallel Manipulators

Lung‐Wen Tsai

Citations: 1851 • 1999

Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

Eric Brown, Nicholas Rodenberg, John R. Amend, Annan Mozeika, E. Steltz, M. R. Zakin, Hod Lipson, Heinrich M. Jaeger

Citations: 1554 • 2010

A 3D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion

Nicholas W. Bartlett, Michael T. Tolley, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, James C. Weaver, Bobak Mosadegh, Katia Bertoldi, George M. Whitesides, Robert J. Wood

Citations: 1036 • 2015

Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus

Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti, Barbara Mazzolai, Laura Margheri, Maurizio Follador, Paolo Dario

Citations: 960 • 2012

Continuous control for robot based on deep reinforcement learning

Shansi Zhang

Citations: 937 • 2019

Modeling of Soft Fiber-Reinforced Bending Actuators

Panagiotis Polygerinos, Zheng Wang, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, Kevin C. Galloway, Robert J. Wood, Katia Bertoldi, Conor J. Walsh

Citations: 883 • 2015

Graphene kirigami

Melina Blees, Arthur Barnard, Peter A. Rose, Samantha P. Roberts, Kathryn L. McGill, Pinshane Y. Huang, Alexander Ruyack, Joshua W. Kevek, Bryce Kobrin, David A. Muller, Paul L. McEuen

Citations: 877 • 2015

Compliant actuator designs

Ronald Van Ham, Thomas G. Sugar, Bram Vanderborght, Kevin W. Hollander, Dirk Lefeber

Citations: 823 • 2009

Efficient Dynamic Computer Simulation of Robotic Mechanisms

Michael Walker, David E. Orin

Citations: 815 • 1982

Force Modeling for Needle Insertion Into Soft Tissue

Allison M. Okamura, Christina Simone, M.D. O'Leary

Citations: 815 • 2004

Parallel Robots

Jean‐Pierre Merlet

Citations: 705 • 2000

Distribution of in situ forces in the anterior cruciate ligament in response to rotatory loads

Mary T. Gabriel, Eric Wong, Savio L‐Y. Woo, Masayoshi Yagi, Richard E. Debski

Citations: 671 • 2003

Control of Robot Manipulators in Joint Space

Rafael Kelly

Citations: 671 • 2005

Soft wall-climbing robots

Guoying Gu, Jiang Zou, Ruike Renee Zhao, Xuanhe Zhao, Xiangyang Zhu

Citations: 663 • 2018

Fast and "Soft-Arm" Tactics

Antonio Bicchi, Giovanni Tonietti

Citations: 641 • 2004

Vibration Control of Active Structures: An Introduction

Citations: 637 • 1999

Statics and Dynamics of Continuum Robots With General Tendon Routing and External Loading

D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster

Citations: 616 • 2011

Multi-functional dielectric elastomer artificial muscles for soft and smart machines

Iain A. Anderson, Todd Gisby, Thomas G. McKay, Benjamin O’Brien, Emilio P. Calius

Citations: 612 • 2012

Large-scale failure modes of dielectric elastomer actuators

Jean‐Sébastien Plante, Steven Dubowsky

Citations: 609 • 2006