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Reading lists, open resources, venues and opportunities for people working in or entering soft and medical robotics. Sections marked "coming soon" are being built.
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Core topics
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Actuation
Pneumatic, hydraulic and hybrid soft fluidic actuators; reinforcement strategies; miniaturisation.
Sensing & force estimation
Embedded sensors, model-based estimation, and sensing through the fluid medium.
Modelling & simulation
Analytical models, finite element methods, reduced-order and learned surrogates.
Fabrication
Casting, moulding, additive manufacturing and materials for medical-grade soft devices.
Control
Model-based, data-driven and learning-based control of continuum and soft robots.
Clinical translation
Ethics, regulation, validation and user needs: from the bench to the bedside.
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Open resources
Datasets, code, CAD and fabrication guides shared by the community.
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Labs & groups directory
A browsable map of research groups in soft and medical robotics.
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Venues & events
Where the field meets: conferences such as ICRA, IROS, IEEE RoboSoft and the Hamlyn Symposium, plus relevant journals and workshops. A dated calendar of deadlines is on the way.
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Jobs & funding
Studentships, postdoctoral posts and calls relevant to soft and medical robotics, shared in the newsletter's researcher corner.
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