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cs.RO2026

Design Optimization for Large High-Force Soft Robot Manipulators Under Gravitational Loads

Isara Cholaseuk, Penelope Llibre, Alexa Kyriacou +5

Designing large soft robots capable of generating high forces for physical human-robot interaction remains a significant challenge in soft robotics. Prior work in large soft robots…

cs.RO2026

Trajectory Generation for Underactuated Soft Robot Manipulators using Discrete Elastic Rod Dynamics

Beibei Liu, Akua K. Dickson, Ran Jing +1

Soft robots are well suited for contact-rich tasks due to their compliance, yet this property makes accurate and tractable modeling challenging. Planning motions with dynamically-f…

cs.RO2025

Force-Safe Environment Maps and Real-Time Detection for Soft Robot Manipulators

Akua K. Dickson, Juan C. Pacheco Garcia, Andrew P. Sabelhaus

Soft robot manipulators have the potential for deployment in delicate environments to perform complex manipulation tasks. However, existing obstacle detection and avoidance methods…

cs.RO2025★ 5 cited

Safe Autonomous Environmental Contact for Soft Robots using Control Barrier Functions

Akua K. Dickson, Juan C. Pacheco Garcia, Meredith L. Anderson +6

Robots built from soft materials will inherently apply lower environmental forces than their rigid counterparts, and therefore may be more suitable in sensitive settings with unint…

cs.RO2024

Real-Time Trajectory Generation for Soft Robot Manipulators Using Differential Flatness

Akua Dickson, Juan C. Pacheco Garcia, Ran Jing +2

Soft robots have the potential to interact with sensitive environments and perform complex tasks effectively. However, motion plans and trajectories for soft manipulators are chall…