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The Need for Reproducible Research in Soft Robotics
Published
Author(s)
Andrew Spielberg, Jeremy Marvel, Dylan Shah, Jennifer Case, Robert Baines
Abstract
To avoid facing a reproducibility crisis that will undermine the recent rapid pace of research and hamper widespread adoption, the field of soft robotics needs to establish best practices and uphold rigorous reporting.
Spielberg, A.
, Marvel, J.
, Shah, D.
, Case, J.
and Baines, R.
(2024),
The Need for Reproducible Research in Soft Robotics, Nature Machine Intelligence, [online], https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-024-00869-9
(Accessed October 7, 2025)