Advanced Science, 2023 The growing demand for soft intelligent systems, which have the potential to be used in a variety of fields such as wearable technology and human‐robot interaction systems, has spurred the development of advanced soft transducers.
Chankyu Han +13 more
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Development of intelligent McKibben actuator [PDF]
, 2005 The aim of this study is to develop an intelligent McKibben actuator with an integrated soft displacement sensor inside, so that displacement of this actuator can be controlled without having any extra devices attached.
Kanda, Takefumi +2 more
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A Hybrid Soft Actuator Inspired by Grass-Spike: Design Approach, Dynamic Model, and Applications
Applied Sciences, 2020 This paper presents the bio-mimetic design approach, the dynamic model, and potential applications for a hybrid soft actuator. The proposed hybrid soft actuator consists of two main parts: a cylinder-shaped rigid core and soft silicone spikes wrapped ...
Dong-Woon Choi +4 more
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Geometry-based customization of bending modalities for 3D-printed soft pneumatic actuators [PDF]
, 2018 In this work, we propose a novel type of 3D-printed soft pneumatic actuator that allows geometry-based customization of bending modalities. While motion in the 3D-space has been achieved for several types of soft actuators, only 2D-bending has been ...
Rosalia, Luca +2 more
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Sensors, 2022 Soft robots can create complicated structures and functions for rehabilitation. The posture perception of soft actuators is critical for performing closed-loop control for a precise location.
Jing Shu +7 more
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Electroactive Artificial Muscles Based on Functionally Antagonistic Core–Shell Polymer Electrolyte Derived from PS-b-PSS Block Copolymer [PDF]
, 2018 Electroactive ionic soft actuators, a type of artificial muscles containing a polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between two electrodes, have been intensively investigated owing to their potential applications to bioinspired soft robotics, wearable ...
Jun, Kiwoo +9 more
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Modeling of a Soft-Rigid Gripper Actuated by a Linear-Extension Soft Pneumatic Actuator [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 Soft robot has been one significant study in recent decades and soft gripper is one of the popular research directions of soft robot. In a static gripping system, excessive gripping force and large deformation are the main reasons for damage of the object during the gripping process.
Peilin Cheng +3 more
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Snakeskin-Inspired 3D Printable Soft Robot Composed of Multi-Modular Vacuum-Powered Actuators
Actuators, 2023 A modular soft actuator with snakeskin-inspired scales that generates an anisotropic friction force is designed and evaluated in this study. The actuator makes it possible to fabricate soft robots that can move on various surfaces in the natural ...
Seonghyeon Lee +3 more
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The design and mathematical modelling of novel extensor bending pneumatic artificial muscles (EBPAMs) for soft exoskeletons [PDF]
, 2017 This article presents the development of a power augmentation and rehabilitation exoskeleton based on a novel actuator. The proposed soft actuators are extensor bending pneumatic artificial muscles.
Al-Fahaam, HSH +2 more
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Magnetically Actuated Tunable Soft Electronics [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2019 Variable electronics are vital in tunable filters, transmitters, and receivers, among other applications. In addition, the ability to remotely tune soft capacitors, resistors, and inductors is important for applications in which the device is not accessible.
Mahdi Ilami +5 more
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