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Soft Robotic Snake with Tunable Undulatory Gait for Efficient Underwater Locomotion
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This study designs an underwater soft snake robot using 3D‐printed soft actuators, controlled by specific signals to generate sinusoidal undulation. Results show a positive correlation between speed and swing amplitude, with optimal performance at 2/3π phase offset, PLA tail, 1.2 voltage growth rate, and 6s undulation period achieving a maximum speed ...
Huichen Ma, Junjie Zhou, Raye Yeow
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Pulse width modulation modeling for efficient pneumatic artificial muscle control
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2019 The aim of the article is to analyze the properties of artificial muscle system and effectiveness evaluation of the application of pulse width modulation in terms of improving the dynamic properties.
Miroslav Rimar +6 more
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Sarcomere‐Inspired Multilayer Artificial Muscle Units for Hyperconfigurable Robotic Applications
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Soft pneumatic biomimetic robotic systems excel at the specific application they are designed for, often to interact or navigate unstructured environments safely.
Jonathan William Ambrose +5 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Design of Hybrid Phase Sliding Mode Control Scheme for Lower Extremity Exoskeleton
Applied Sciences, 2019 Aiming at a pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) lower extremity exoskeleton, a control mechanism based on hybrid phase sliding mode control (SMC) is proposed.
Lingling Chen +3 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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, 2011 Objective: To determine the effects of the simultaneous application of contrast temperature therapy with intermittent compression as a recovery strategy for the quadriceps muscle following exercise induced muscle damage in moderately active adult ...
Holroyd, Wayne
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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Design and control of hybrid actuation lower limb exoskeleton
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2015 In this article, two types of actuators are applied for a lower limb exoskeleton. They are DC motors with the harmonic drive and the pneumatic artificial muscles.
Hipolito Aguilar-Sierra +3 more
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Modelling and characterization of a Soft Inverse Pneumatic Artificial Muscle
, 2021 Pneumatic artificial muscles are some of the most famous linear actuators in bio-inspired robotics. In this study, improved manufacturing and modelling of a Soft Inverse Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (SIPAM) are presented.
Martina Maselli +3 more
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