Latest Research in Soft Robotics and Applications

32 research papers · 2026 median publication year

Top Research Topics in Soft Robotics and Applications

Highest-Cited Papers

  1. A Systematic Approach for Designing Slender Continuum Robots for Extended-Reach Aeroengine Endoscopic Applications
  2. Hip Energized Monopedal Hopping
  3. Event-Time Hybrid Optimal Control for Robotic Table Tennis Serves
  4. Influence of Longitudinal Center of Mass Position on Load Distribution in High-Speed Quadrupedal Locomotion
  5. Learning to Walk With Less: A Dyna-Style Approach to Quadrupedal Locomotion
  6. Spatiotemporal Agility: Time-Constrained Reinforcement Learning for Vision-Guided Dynamic Quadrupedal Interception
  7. Learning Fault-Tolerant Locomotion with Adaptive Gait Timing
  8. MIMIC-MJX: Neuromechanical Emulation of Animal Behavior
  9. Open-DiffLoco: Open-Source Differentiable Learning for Deployable Blind Quadruped Locomotion
  10. Interaction Dynamics for Dexterous Manipulation
  11. Bicycle Acrobatics with Reinforcement Learning
  12. Towards bridging the gap: Systematic sim-to-real transfer for diverse legged robots
  13. Towards bridging the gap: Systematic sim-to-real transfer for diverse legged robots
  14. Balancing of Humanoid with Object Mass: Trade-off Analyses and Lifting Control
  15. Compliant Sphere Lattice Contact: Distributed Contact Modeling for Sphere-Based Robot Representations
  16. Grounding the three-dimensional divergent component of motion: Geometric analysis of contact and dynamic stability and its application to humanoid push recovery
  17. Reinforcement Learning on Cost-Constrained Quadrupedal Hardware
  18. Adaptive Collision Sensitivity for Efficient and Safe Human–Robot Collaboration
  19. PolygMap: A Perceptive Locomotion Framework for Humanoid Robot Stair Climbing
  20. StairMaster: Learning to Conquer Risky Hollow Stairs for Agile Quadrupedal Robots
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Soft Robotics and Applications

32 papers

Top Topics (6)

Robotics20
Robotic Locomotion and Control8
Soft Robotics and Applications1
Neurons and Cognition1
Robot Manipulation and Learning1
Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence1

Top Publications (20)

1.A Systematic Approach for Designing Slender Continuum Robots for Extended-Reach Aeroengine Endoscopic Applications2.Hip Energized Monopedal Hopping3.Event-Time Hybrid Optimal Control for Robotic Table Tennis Serves4.Influence of Longitudinal Center of Mass Position on Load Distribution in High-Speed Quadrupedal Locomotion5.Learning to Walk With Less: A Dyna-Style Approach to Quadrupedal Locomotion6.Spatiotemporal Agility: Time-Constrained Reinforcement Learning for Vision-Guided Dynamic Quadrupedal Interception7.Learning Fault-Tolerant Locomotion with Adaptive Gait Timing8.MIMIC-MJX: Neuromechanical Emulation of Animal Behavior9.Open-DiffLoco: Open-Source Differentiable Learning for Deployable Blind Quadruped Locomotion10.Interaction Dynamics for Dexterous Manipulation11.Bicycle Acrobatics with Reinforcement Learning12.Towards bridging the gap: Systematic sim-to-real transfer for diverse legged robots13.Towards bridging the gap: Systematic sim-to-real transfer for diverse legged robots14.Balancing of Humanoid with Object Mass: Trade-off Analyses and Lifting Control15.Compliant Sphere Lattice Contact: Distributed Contact Modeling for Sphere-Based Robot Representations16.Grounding the three-dimensional divergent component of motion: Geometric analysis of contact and dynamic stability and its application to humanoid push recovery17.Reinforcement Learning on Cost-Constrained Quadrupedal Hardware18.Adaptive Collision Sensitivity for Efficient and Safe Human–Robot Collaboration19.PolygMap: A Perceptive Locomotion Framework for Humanoid Robot Stair Climbing20.StairMaster: Learning to Conquer Risky Hollow Stairs for Agile Quadrupedal Robots
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