Other Soft Robotics

Foundational soft robotics components — actuators, grippers, and manipulation primitives — designed for cross-cutting use across multiple applications. These projects develop the underlying technology that supports aerial, wearable, and supernumerary systems alike.

Flexible Electromagnetic Actuators with Kresling-Origami Housing preview

Flexible Electromagnetic Actuators with Kresling-Origami Housing

Modular soft electromagnetic actuators based on Kresling-origami geometry, designed for assembly into larger soft robotic morphologies.

2026 · IEEE RoboSoft

Hybrid Soft Electrostatic Metamaterial Gripper preview

Hybrid Soft Electrostatic Metamaterial Gripper

A soft gripper that combines electrostatic adhesion with metamaterial compliance to adapt across many surface materials and object shapes. Best Paper Finalist at RoboSoft 2024.

2024 · IEEE RoboSoft