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Soft Robotics: Academic Insights and Perspectives Through Bibliometric Analysis.
Guanjun Bao1, Hui Fang2, Lingfeng Chen1
11 College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejing University of Technology , Hangzhou, China .
Soft Robotics
|May 22, 2018
Summary
Bibliometric analysis reveals the United States leads in soft robotics research. Key topics include materials, fabrication, and control, with smart materials and bionics driving future advancements.
Area of Science:
- Robotics
- Materials Science
- Bibliometrics
Background:
- Soft robotics is a rapidly expanding research area with increasing publication volume and quality.
- The field garners significant attention from both the robotics community and the public media.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a bibliometric analysis of soft robotics publications from 1990 to 2017.
- To identify key trends, leading institutions, countries, journals, and emerging topics in soft robotics.
Main Methods:
- Bibliometric analysis of publications indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded database.
- Evaluation based on keywords, citations, h-index, publication year, journals, institutions, countries, authors, and review articles.
Main Results:
- The United States leads in soft robotics research, followed by China and Italy.
- Harvard University leads in publications, citations, and h-index.
- IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Soft Robotics are leading journals in the field.
Conclusions:
- Key research areas include actuators, fabrication, control, materials, sensing, simulation, bionics, stiffness, modeling, power, motion, and applications.
- Future advancements are expected from smart materials, bionics, morphological computation, and embodiment control.
- Application and commercialization are identified as the primary drivers and ultimate goals for soft robots.
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