hydrogel-based continuum soft robots

The paper categorizes hydrogel-based actuators responsive to solute or solvent variations, pH, chemical reactions, temperature, light, magnetic fields, electric fields, hydraulic or electro-osmotic stimuli, and humidity.

The reviewed application domains for hydrogel-based continuum soft robots include healthcare, manufacturing, and agriculture.

Hydrogels are described as having exceptional flexibility and adaptability compared with traditional rigid-structure robots, supporting their use as biomimetic robotic skins and responsive sensory interfaces.

The paper discusses fabrication techniques for hydrogel-based continuum soft robots including crosslinking methods, additive manufacturing, microfluidics, and related processes.

The paper emphasizes prospective medical and industrial applications of hydrogel-based continuum soft robots and highlights future challenges and promising research directions.

The paper reviews recent advances in hydrogel-based continuum soft robots across applications, fabrication methods, actuator technologies, and sensing mechanisms.

The paper discusses design and implementation strategies for hydrogel-based strain, pressure, humidity, conductive, magnetic, thermal, gas, optical, and multimodal sensors.