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Soft, Rotating Pneumatic Actuator [PDF]
Soft Robotics, 2017 This article describes a soft pneumatic actuator that generates cyclical motion. The actuator consists of several (three, four, or five) chambers (arranged around the circumference of a circle surrounding a central rod) that can be actuated independently using negative pressure (or partial vacuum).
Ainla, Alar +3 more
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The Design, Kinematics and Torque Analysis of the Self-Bending Soft Contraction Actuator
Actuators, 2020 This article presents the development of a self-bending contraction actuator (SBCA) through the analysis of its structure, kinematics, and torque formulas, and then explores its applications.
Alaa Al-Ibadi +2 more
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Performance Metrics for Fluidic Soft Robot Rotational Actuators
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 The field of soft robotics is continuing to grow as more researchers see the potential for robots that can safely interact in unmodeled, unstructured, and uncertain environments.
Levi Rupert +2 more
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Sensors, 2022 Soft pneumatic actuators are extensively used in soft robots, and their bending angles and kinematic rules at different pressures play a crucial role in practical applications.
Ming Yu +5 more
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Design and Experiment Investigation on Soft Grippers with Modular Variable Stiffness Structure
Micromachines, 2023 Soft grippers have good adaptability and flexibility for grasping irregular or fragile objects, and to further enhance their stiffness, soft grippers with variable stiffness have been developed.
Pengbing Zhao +4 more
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Flexible Actuators for Soft Robotics [PDF]
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2019 Rigid robots have taken on a variety of automated manufacturing tasks and have made a huge contribution to industrial development; however, they are not suitable for further wearable applications due to their rigid and bulky structure, poor environmental adaptability, and low safety.
Ying Yang +4 more
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Hybrid fluidic actuation for a foam-based soft actuator [PDF]
2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020 Actuation means for soft robotic structures are manifold: despite actuation mechanisms such as tendon-driven manipulators or shape memory alloys, the majority of soft robotic actuators are fluidically actuated - either purely by positive or negative air pressure or by hydraulic actuation only.
Jan Peters 0004 +4 more
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Novel Design and Modeling of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator Based on Antagonism Mechanism
Actuators, 2020 The soft actuator possesses the characteristics of flexibility, environmental adaptability, and human–machine interaction. Firstly, aiming to resolve the limitation of variable stiffness performance of a traditional pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM ...
Yinglong Chen +2 more
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Increasing the Force Exertion of a Soft Actuator Using Externally Attachable Inter-Chamber Plates
Actuators, 2023 The application of soft actuators has become increasingly common in wearable devices. In this study, we investigated the force characteristics of soft actuators made entirely of elastic material, when equipped with solid external chamber plates of ...
Attila Mészáros, József Sárosi
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Programmable and Variable‐Stiffness Robotic Skins for Pneumatic Actuation
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Pneumatic soft actuators possess relatively fast response, inherent high flexibility, and achieve extraordinary shape morphing under large deformations.
Weinan Gao +8 more
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