Editorial: Soft Robotic Modeling and Control: Bringing Together Articulated Soft Robots and Soft-Bodied Robots

摘要

Welcome to this special issue of The International Journal for Robotics Research on the topic of Modeling and Control of Continuum and Articulated Soft Robots. The proposal for this special issue came out of discussions during the workshop titled "Soft Robotic Modeling and Control: Bringing Together Articulated Soft Robots and Soft-Bodied Robots" at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). The vibrant discussions at the workshop highlighted the need to create more bridges between the various separate sub-fields of soft robotics. This special issue aims at taking a further step in this direction.