Motion Capture Related Papers

Yong H, Wang J, Ding H, et al. Location encoding neural network-based posture estimation and vision-based implementation for continuum robots[J]. Science China Technological Sciences, 2026, 69(2): 1220302.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Lv Y, Geng Z, Wu H, et al. Design and experimentation of the nested pneumatic soft actuator for hand exoskeleton[J]. Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2025, 72(1): 129.

Soft Robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement Manipulation

Gao C, Wang C, Zhang J, et al. Design of Hybrid Variable Stiffness Human–Computer Interaction Contact Unit Module Based on Granular Jamming[J]. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2025: 100025.

Soft Robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering

Sun J, Dai L, Yin Q, et al. Motion Analysis and Design on Pneumatic Actuators for Knee Assistive Devices[C]//2025 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA). IEEE, 2025: 1216-1221.

Human Body Soft Robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering

Kumar, Prashant, Weiwei Wan, and Kensuke Harada. "Temperature driven multi-modal/single-actuated soft finger." Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2026): 105374.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement Manipulation

Feng T, Chen J, Wong J W, et al. Twist-induced bifurcation and path manipulation in compressed ribbons[J]. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2025: 106328.

Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Xu T, Sun Z, Li S, et al. Adjustable-Stiffness Hip Exoskeleton with Flexible Energy-Storage Module for 3D Gait Correction[J]. Machines, 2025, 13(10): 959.

Soft Robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering

Dong J, Zhao X, Wang C, et al. Kinematic and static analysis of a rigid-flexible hybrid robot with combined elastomer configuration of driving shafts and spinal rods[J]. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2025, 17(11): 16878132251378307.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering

Cen Z, Ge Y, Li S, et al. A probabilistic geometric imperfection model for uncertainty quantification of inflatable beams with local structure instability[J]. Thin-Walled Structures, 2025: 113575.

Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Wu M, Xu X, Zhao Q, et al. A fully 3D‐printed tortoise‐inspired soft robot with terrains‐adaptive and amphibious landing capabilities[J]. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2022, 7(12): 2200536.

Bionic Robot Mobile Robot Soft Robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Teleoperation Robotics & Engineering

Xie X, Xiong D, Li Z, et al. A Novel Elbow-Inspired Cable-Driven Tensegrity Joint: Bionic Design, Coupled Kinematics, and Load Performance[J]. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2024, 16(10): 101003.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Humanoid Robot Robotics & Engineering

Xie X, Wen Z. Impact Resistance and Compliant Performances of Tensegrity-Based Bionic Joint for Collaborative Robot[C]//Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Control and Artificial Intelligence. 2022: 70-74.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

Tang S, Ji J, Zhi Y, et al. A novel inverse kinematics and shape reconstruction method for continuum robots[J]. Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application, 2025, 52(3): 415-424.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Wu M, Xu Y, Wang X, et al. Design and kinematics of a novel rigid-flexible coupling hybrid robot for aeroengine blades in situ repair[J]. Engineering Computations, 2024, 41(10): 2504-2533.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Lu Y, Zhou Z, Igarashi T, et al. Stiffness modulation in a 3-DoF pneumatic soft actuator for single-port transvesical prostatectomies[J]. Smart Materials and Structures, 2024, 34(1): 015021.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Wang N, Wang Z, Li Z, et al. Design and Control of a Portable Soft Exosuit by Musculoskeletal Model-Based Optimization[C]//International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023: 386-397.

Human Body Soft Robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Sun Z, Wang N, Zhang J, et al. Design and Control of a Soft Hip Exoskeleton for Assisting Human Locomotion[C]//International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023: 374-385.

Human Body Soft Robot Exoskeleton/Wearables Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering

Wang X, Guo J, Wang J, et al. Human–Machine coupled modeling of mandibular musculoskeletal multibody system and its application in the designation of mandibular movement function trainer[J]. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024, 204: 105848.

Human Body Soft Robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering Motion Analysis

Chen Y, Yao S, Liu L, et al. An explicit nonlinear model for large spatial deflections of symmetric slender beams[J]. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2024, 167: 104910.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Xiao H, Lai X, Meng Q, et al. Kinematic modeling and control for an elephant-trunk soft manipulator considering hysteresis[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2024, 20(9): 11318-11328.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Cui Z, Xie L, Chen Z, et al. Design and Development of Wearable Flexible Mechanical Arm Based on Iterative Learning Control[C]//2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). IEEE, 2023: 1-8.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Exoskeleton/Wearables Teleoperation Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Mao S, Zhou Z, Villarroel M, et al. Design of a Self-Locking Component for McKibben Muscle Back-Stretchablility[C]//2024 17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). IEEE, 2024: 1-5.

Bionic Robot Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering

Mo J, Gao C, Fang H, et al. Design and locomotion characteristic analysis of a novel tensegrity hopping robot[C]//2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). IEEE, 2023: 1-8.

Mobile Robot Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering

Zhu Y, Li L, Wang Y, et al. Online decentralized planning for a cable-driven parallel robot with aerial and ground actuators through multi-agent reinforcement learning[J]. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2025, 22(5): 17298806251390589.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Embodied AI Teleoperation Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Han X, Guo N, Xu R, et al. Anchoring Morphological Representations Unlocks Latent Proprioception in Soft Robots[J]. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2025: 2500444.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Embodied AI Teleoperation Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Zhang X, Wu X, Fu K, et al. Visual control of a cable-driven flexible robotic arm with a spinal structure based on video understanding[J]. Control Engineering Practice, 2025, 160: 106303.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Embodied AI Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Wei D, Zhou J, Zhu Y, et al. Axis-space framework for cable-driven soft continuum robot control via reinforcement learning[J]. Communications Engineering, 2023, 2(1): 61.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Embodied AI Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Zhang M, Chen Y, Gao Y, et al. Adaptive sliding mode tracking and disturbance rejection control for cable-driven continuum robots in endoscopic surgery[J]. Control Engineering Practice, 2026, 168: 106684.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Teleoperation Robotics & Engineering

Zhang Y, Song W, Li A, et al. Kinetostatics of Magnetic Captained Elastica Driven by Revolutional and Rotational Magnet[J]. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Tan, Ning, et al. "Behavior-predefined adaptive control for heterogeneous continuum robots." The International Journal of Robotics Research 44.1 (2025): 65-95.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Dong J, Liu Q, Li P, et al. Design, Modeling, and Experimental Validation of a Bio-Inspired Rigid–Flexible Continuum Robot Driven by Flexible Shaft Tension–Torsion Synergy[J]. Biomimetics, 2025, 10(5): 301.

Bionic Robot Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Xie L, Zhu L, Jin X, et al. Curvature-Based Continuous Steering of Stiffness-dominant Concentric Tube Robots[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Wang J, Yang H, Zhang J, et al. Versatile rigid‐flexible coupling modules: enhancing soft origami structures with cable‐driven parallel mechanisms[J]. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2025: 2401008.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Wang P, Feng Y, Zheng Z, et al. Shape Reconstruction of Extensible Continuum Manipulator Based on Soft Sensors[J]. Soft Robotics, 2024, 11(6): 994-1007.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Wang P, Zang J, Dong Z, et al. Design and statics model of an extensible hybrid-driven continuum robot with variable stiffness[J]. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2025, 384: 116177.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Zhang J, Chen H, Li Y, et al. Design of a Bio-Inspired Stiffness Controllable Continuum Robot for Object Grasping and Moving[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Bionic Robot Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Huang J, Chen K, Zhou J, et al. Dih-tele: Dexterous in-hand teleoperation framework for learning multiobjects manipulation with tactile sensing[J]. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Embodied AI Teleoperation Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Zhou K, Mao B, Zhang Y, et al. A Cable‐Actuated Soft Manipulator for Dexterous Grasping Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning[J]. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024, 6(10): 2400112.

Soft Robot Embodied AI Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Xu Z, Liang J, Zhou Y. Manta Ray-Inspired Soft Robotic Swimmer for High-speed and Multi-modal Swimming[C]//2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2024: 235-240.

Bionic Robot Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Feng M, Ni Z, Fu Y, et al. Kinematic analysis of a flexible surgical instrument for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery[C]//2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2021: 12229-12235.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Teleoperation Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Tanizaki Y, Tortós-Vinocour P E, Matsunaga F, et al. Analysis of Finger Motions for Assisting Spoon Scooping with Soft Actuators[C]//2024 17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). IEEE, 2024: 1-6.

Human Body Soft Robot Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction Manipulation

Z. Xu, J. Liang and Y. Zhou, "Soft Pneumatic Helical Actuators With Programmable Variable Curvatures," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 6632-6639, July 2024, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3410165.

Bionic Robot Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Soft Robot Manipulation

Yang N, Huang K, Qian Z, et al. Enabling sequential logic leveraging time delays of thin-walled soft matter[J]. Thin-Walled Structures, 2025, 209: 112968.

Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering

W. Wang et al., "A Modular Soft Pipe-Climbing Robot With High Maneuverability," in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2024.3385506.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Xu Zhang, Chenghao Yang, Zhibin Song, Mojtaba A. Khanesar, David T Branson, Jian S. Dai, Rongjie Kang,An adaptive lumped-mass dynamic model and its control application for continuum robots, Mechanism and Machine Theory,Volume 201,2024,105736,ISSN 0094-114

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

G. Lou, C. Wang, Z. Xu, J. Liang and Y. Zhou, "Controlling Soft Robotic Arms Using Hybrid Modelling and Reinforcement Learning," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 7070-7077, Aug. 2024, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3418312.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Embodied AI Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Jixue Mo, Hao Fang, Qingkai Yang,Design and locomotion characteristic analysis of two kinds of tensegrity hopping robots,iScience,Volume 27, Issue 3,2024,109226,ISSN 2589-0042, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109226.

Bionic Robot Soft Robot

P. Luo, S. Yao, Y. Yue, J. Wang, H. Yan and M. Q. . -H. Meng, "Efficient RRT*-based Safety-Constrained Motion Planning for Continuum Robots in Dynamic Environments," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 20

Soft Robot Continuum robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Xuanyi Zhou, Yuqiu Zhang, Zhiwei Qiu, Zhecheng Shan, Shibo Cai, Guanjun Bao, Locomotion control of a rigid-soft coupled snake robot in multiple environments, Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics,Volume 4, Issue 2,2024,100148,ISSN 2667-3797,https://doi.org

Bionic Robot Soft Robot

Zhou, Y., and Xu, Z. (July 20, 2023). "Mechanically Prestressed Pneumatically Driven Bistable Soft Actuators." ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics. May 2024; 16(5): 051006. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062949

Soft Robot Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

N. Guo et al., "Proprioceptive State Estimation for Amphibious Tactile Sensing," in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 40, pp. 4684-4698, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TRO.2024.3463509.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Manrong Wang，Wenbiao Wang，Zhiwei Qiu，Jinfeng Zhao，Changqu Wu，Shibo Cai，Guanjun Bao，Modeling the Soft Continuum Robot Based on Large Deflection Theorem，2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)，Zhejiang University of Technology

Soft Robot Continuum robot

Nan Yang，Yong Deng，and Xiaodong Niu，Deployable-Structure-Based Artificial Muscles Generating Coded Forces，Advanced Materials Technologies，Shantou University

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement Manipulation

Research Papers Featuring NOKOV Motion Capture

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