Research paper
Soft is Safe: Human-Robot Interaction for Soft Robots
This review connects soft-robot materials, actuation and manufacturing with interaction modalities and applications. It identifies research gaps in human-robot interaction. Mechanical softness is a design property, not sufficient evidence that a robot or a particular contact is safe.
Reviewed 2026-11-05 · Source and bibliography checked
- Original title
- Soft is Safe: Human-Robot Interaction for Soft Robots
- Publisher
- arXiv
- Authors
- S, Rajashekhar V, Prabhakar, Gowdham
- DOI
- 10.48550/arxiv.2502.01256
- First archive posting
- 2025-02-03
- Source language
- en
- Source country
- US
- Edition
- v1
- Access
- Open archive metadata and manuscript
- Publication status
- Preprint
Related resources and engineering notes
Source overview
This review connects soft-robot materials, actuation and manufacturing with interaction modalities and applications. It identifies research gaps in human-robot interaction. Mechanical softness is a design property, not sufficient evidence that a robot or a particular contact is safe.
Use and review
Original summary of the primary archive abstract and bibliographic record. Specialist technical and native-language review remain pending. The reported method does not establish a deployed safety function or achieved PL.
Sources & editions
Soft is Safe: Human-Robot Interaction for Soft Robots ↗
arXiv · v1
arXiv abstract, authors, submission history and DOI links; first posting 2025-02-03, abstract reviewed in v1. Publisher dates are separate.