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Perspective for soft robotics: the field's past and future.

Falk Tauber^1,2, Marc Desmulliez³, Olivier Piccin⁴

¹Plant Biomechanics Group (PBG) Freiburg, Botanic Garden of the University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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Summary

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Soft robotics is advancing with new materials and manufacturing, enabling intelligent, untethered systems. Future research focuses on enhancing soft robot manufacturing, sensing, movement, and autonomous computation for embodied intelligence.

Keywords:

biomimetic future challenges perspectives soft robotic

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Area of Science:

Robotics
Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Soft robotics has evolved significantly since the 1960s, driven by rapid prototyping and novel flexible materials.
Recent innovations allow for fully flexible, untethered soft robotic systems.
New manufacturing processes and materials are key to developing soft systems with 'embodied intelligence'.

Purpose of the Study:

To present expert perspectives on the future of soft robotics.
To address key challenges in soft robot manufacturing, sensing, movement, and cognition.
To explore the potential of embodied intelligence in autonomous soft robotic systems.

Main Methods:

Review of past innovations in soft robotics.
Discussion of industrial production techniques for soft robot manufacturing.
Exploration of novel tactile sensor development for enhanced environmental interaction.

Main Results:

Identification of underutilized industrial production techniques for soft robots.
Potential for novel tactile sensors to improve soft robot-environment interaction.
Framework for achieving embodied intelligence for autonomous sensory computation.

Conclusions:

Soft robotics is poised for significant advancement through integrated manufacturing and sensing.
Embodied intelligence offers a pathway for soft robots to process information and act autonomously.
Future soft robots could exhibit sophisticated computational abilities derived directly from sensory input.