3 papers
cs.RO2026
Embodied Snap: Octopus-Inspired Distributed Reach-and-Attach with a Speed-Limited Soft Arm
Linxin Hou, Zhihang Qin, Heyang Zou +5
Reach-and-attach of soft robotic arms with passive suction requires accurate targeting and sufficient contact speed, yet geared actuators can impose a speed limit that improved tra…
cs.RO2026
Cosserat Modeling of Trimmed Helicoid Soft Arms with a Separated-Section Constitutive Law
Zhihang Qin, Linxin Hou, Zeyu Zhong +9
Cosserat rod models for soft robots usually construct sectional stiffness by summing material properties over a common cross-section. This assumption becomes inaccurate for trimmed…
cs.RO2026
A Continual Learning Framework for Adaptive Control of Modular Soft Robots
Nilay Kushawaha, Muhammad Sunny Nazeer, Baljinder Singh Bal +2
Soft robots have attracted significant attention in applications such as medical intervention, rehabilitation, and robotic manipulation due to their inherent compliance, flexibilit…