TY - JOUR
T1 - Soft robotics
T2 - what's next in bioinspired design and applications of soft robots?
AU - Laschi, Cecilia
AU - Wen, Li
AU - Iida, Fumiya
AU - Abdulali, Arsen
AU - Hauser, Helmut
AU - Wang, Yifan
AU - Liu, Ke
AU - Ricotti, Leonardo
AU - Cianchetti, Matteo
AU - Althoefer, Kaspar
AU - Nguyen, Pham Huy
AU - Kovač, Mirko
AU - Calisti, Marcello
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Creative Commons Attribution license.
PY - 2026/2/27
Y1 - 2026/2/27
N2 - The field of soft robotics has shown unprecedented growth in research efforts, scientific achievements, and technological advancements. Bioinspiration and biomimetics have played an instrumental role in the birth and growth of soft robotics. What is next for this field? To promote soft robotics research to the next level and have a broader impact in robotics and engineering fields, in this roadmap, we argue that two research directions should be strengthened (i) more structured, formal methods and tools for designing and developing soft robots and bioinspired robots (ii) more concrete applications of bioinspired soft robots in diverse sectors of human activities. This article provides a roadmap for the design of bioinspired soft robots, the integration of soft robot systems, and their applications in industry and services. Scientists and experts describe the state-of-the art and the perspectives of bioinspired, model-informed design of soft robots, outlining the challenges in developing complex soft robotic systems, and applications of soft robots in diverse fields.
AB - The field of soft robotics has shown unprecedented growth in research efforts, scientific achievements, and technological advancements. Bioinspiration and biomimetics have played an instrumental role in the birth and growth of soft robotics. What is next for this field? To promote soft robotics research to the next level and have a broader impact in robotics and engineering fields, in this roadmap, we argue that two research directions should be strengthened (i) more structured, formal methods and tools for designing and developing soft robots and bioinspired robots (ii) more concrete applications of bioinspired soft robots in diverse sectors of human activities. This article provides a roadmap for the design of bioinspired soft robots, the integration of soft robot systems, and their applications in industry and services. Scientists and experts describe the state-of-the art and the perspectives of bioinspired, model-informed design of soft robots, outlining the challenges in developing complex soft robotic systems, and applications of soft robots in diverse fields.
KW - biohybrid
KW - embodied intelligence
KW - robotics
KW - soft robotics
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105031635485
U2 - 10.1088/1748-3190/ae066d
DO - 10.1088/1748-3190/ae066d
M3 - 文献综述
C2 - 40939621
AN - SCOPUS:105031635485
SN - 1748-3190
VL - 21
JO - Bioinspiration & biomimetics
JF - Bioinspiration & biomimetics
IS - 1
ER -