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Design and Experimental Study of An Intelligent Soft Crawling Robot for Environmental Interactions

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Why Robots Should Grow Like Vines

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Thermally-activated Biochemically-sustained Reactor for Soft Fluidic Actuation

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Design and Prototyping of a Tip-Mounted Hybrid Magnetic Cap for Bio-inspired Soft Growing Robot

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Analyzing the Effects of Wire Routing in Soft-Growing Robots

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Optimizing the Substrate for Hypercube‐Based Neuroevolution of Augmented Topologies to Design Soft Actuators

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High-Velocity, Pressure-Driven Eversion for Rapid Vine Robots

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FlySurf: A Flying Robotic Surface with Shape Morphing Control

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Soft Pneumatic Actuators with Replaceable Kirigami Skins for Various Motions

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Ultra-Long, Minor-Diameter, Untethered Growing Continuum Robot via Tip Actuation and Steering

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Conceptualization and Implementation of a Threshold-Adjustable Mechanism in Fluid-Based Contact Counter Systems

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A novel miniaturized fold-enabled soft growing robot for navigation in confined environments

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Multifunctional Origami-Inspired Bimodal Wireless Pneumatic Soft Actuator

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When animals turn inside out: the eversion of bloodworms

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An everting inflatable fabric manipulator (EIFM) designed for apple picking

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Growing manipulators through feeding material outside-in: Inversion robots

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Mechanically Programming the Cross-Sectional Shape of Soft Growing Robotic Structures for Patient Transfer

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Modeling The States of Liquid Phase Change Pouch Actuators by Reservoir Computing

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Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of Cable-Driven Joints Used in Space Manipulator

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An Embedded Bluetooth-Controlled Modular Inflatable Robot with Adaptive Rigid-Flexible Transition for Disaster Response

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A novel cable-driven continuum manipulators with Variable Stiffness Based on Gallium-based Liquid Metal

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Ceiling Hazardous Object Inspection Robot for Counter-terrorism Security Check

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