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Plant-inspired decentralized controller for robust orientation control of soft robotic manipulators

Josephine Anna Eleanor Hughes, Guanran Pei

Due to the complexity of deformations in soft manipulators, achieving precise control of their orientation is particularly challenging, especially in the presence of external disturbances and human interactions. Inspired by the decentralized growth mechani ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2025

Toward Long-Lasting Large-Scale Soft Robots: The Durability Challenge in Architectured Materials

Zhenshan Bing, Josephine Anna Eleanor Hughes, Francesco Stella, Qinghua Guan, Guanran Pei, Omar Hani Mokhtar Ahmed Meebed

Soft robots promise groundbreaking advancements across various industries. However, soft robots are susceptible to wear, fatigue, and material degradation. Their durability and long-term reliability are often overlooked, despite being critical for the succ ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

Polynomial Curvature Model for IMU-Based Proprioception in Soft Robotic Manipulators Under External Forces

Josephine Anna Eleanor Hughes, Guanran Pei

Due to its structural flexibility and compliance in motion, the soft manipulator shows significant potential and application prospects in robot-human and environment interaction fields. However, its theoretically infinite degrees of freedom in deformation ...

IEEE2025

IMU Based Pose Reconstruction and Closed-loop Control for Soft Robotic Arms

Josephine Anna Eleanor Hughes, Francesco Stella, Guanran Pei, Omar Hani Mokhtar Ahmed Meebed

Soft continuum manipulators are celebrated for their versatility and physical robustness to external forces and perturbations. However, this feature comes at a cost. The many degrees of freedom and compliance pose challenges for accurate pose reconstructio ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024