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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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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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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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A Novel Tendon-Driven Soft Actuator with Self-Pumping Property
, 2020 Soft actuators and robotics have been widely researched in recent years mainly due to their compliance to environments and safe interaction with humans.
Xu, M, Xiong, C, LI, Y, Ren, T, Chen, Y
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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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A Bi-State Shape Memory Material Composite Soft Actuator
, 2022 Shape memory materials have been widely used as programmable soft matter for developing multifunctional hybrid actuators. Several challenges of fabrication and effective modelling of these soft actuating systems can be addressed by implementing novel 3D ...
Andrew J. Petruska +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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Self-Healing Polymeric Soft Actuators
Chemical Reviews, 2022 Natural evolution has provided multicellular organisms with sophisticated functionalities and repair mechanisms for surviving and preserve their functions after an injury and/or infection. In this context, biological systems have inspired material scientists over decades to design and fabricate both self-healing polymeric materials and soft actuators ...
Sebastian Bonardd +5 more
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