IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - December 2020 - 1

Vol. 27, No. 4 DECEMBER 2020
ISSN 1070-9932
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FEATURES
12

Underwater Mobile Manipulation

27

Design Optimization of Soft Robots

44

Room Temperature Self-Healing
in Soft Pneumatic Robotics

A Soft Arm on a Benthic Legged Robot
By Jiaqi Liu, Saverio Iacoponi, Cecilia Laschi,
Li Wen, and Marcello Calisti

A Review of the State of the Art
By Feifei Chen and Michael Yu Wang

Autonomous Self-Healing in a Diels-Alder Polymer Network
By Seppe Terryn, Joost Brancart, Ellen Roels,
Guy Van Assche, and Bram Vanderborght

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Design and Optimization of a Dextrous
Robotic Finger

Incorporating a Sliding, Rotating, and Soft-Bending Mechanism
While Maximizing Dexterity and Minimizing Dimensions
By Amir Pagoli, Frédéric Chapelle, Juan-Antonio Corrales-Ramon,
Youcef Mezouar, and Yuri Lapusta

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ON THE COVER
This special issue of IEEE Robotics and Automation
Magazine provides an overview of the state of the art in
the design optimization of soft robots and identifies common
perspectives and challenges, shared scientific goals, and
high-impact applications.

Expanding Pouch Motor Patterns for
Programmable Soft Bending Actuation
Enabling Soft Robotic System Adaptations
By Haneol Lee, Namsoo Oh, and Hugo Rodrigue

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