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A Bioinspired Soft Actuated Material
Advanced Materials, 2013A class of soft actuated materials that can achieve lifelike motion is presented. By embedding pneumatic actuators in a soft material inspired by a biological muscle fibril architecture, and developing a simple finite element simulation of the same, tunable biomimetic motion can be achieved with fully soft structures, exemplified here by an active left
Ellen T, Roche +7 more
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, 2019 This dissertation explores the mechanics of three types of soft actuators experimentally, and theoretically: (i) dielectric elastomer transducers; (ii) fluid-driven actuators; (iii) paper actuators. The dissertation develops new control elements for these actuators, which extend their function, and enable the design of devices with entirely new ...
Rothemund, Philipp JM
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Soft Actuators and Actuation: Design, Synthesis, and Applications
Macromolecular Rapid CommunicationsAbstractSoft actuators are one of the most promising technological advancements with potential solutions to diverse fields’ day‐to‐day challenges. Soft actuators derived from hydrogel materials possess unique features such as flexibility, responsiveness to stimuli, and intricate deformations, making them ideal for soft robotics, artificial muscles, and
Mulenga Kalulu +3 more
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Biomolecular Actuators for Soft Robots
Chemical ReviewsBiomolecules present promising stimuli-responsive mechanisms to revolutionize soft actuators. Proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids foster specific intermolecular interactions, and their boundless sequence design spaces encode precise actuation capabilities.
Michelle C. Quan, Danielle J. Mai
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Microrobot actuated by soft actuators based on dielectric elastomer
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and System, 2003In this paper a microrobot, mimicking annelid animals like the earthworm, is presented. The robot is composed of several ring-like segments. Each segment is able to generate three degree-of-freedom motions such as pan/tilt/up-down respectively, and it is actuated by three soft actuators located equidistantly along the circumferential direction.
Hyoukryeol Choi +7 more
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Soft Actuators for Small‐Scale Robotics
Advanced Materials, 2016This review comprises a detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators, highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐ to centimeter‐scale robotic applications. Soft robots present a special design challenge in that their actuation and sensing mechanisms are often highly integrated with the robot body and overall functionality.
Hines, L. +3 more
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All-soft material system for strong soft actuators
2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2018In this paper, we present an improvement to a recently developed thermally responsive silicone-based actuator. The actuator is made of silicone with dispersed solvent droplets and expands when the droplets undergo a liquidgas phase transition, which is achieved at low voltages using an embedded Joule heater.
Raymond Adam Bilodeau +3 more
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Soft Actuators for Facial Reanimation
2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022Stefania Konstantinidi +4 more
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2016
Although we do not know as yet how robots of the future will look like exactly, most of us are sure that they will not resemble the heavy, bulky, rigid machines dangerously moving around in old-fashioned industrial automation. There is a growing consensus, in the research community as well as in expectations from the public, that robots of the next ...
Albu Schäffer, Alin, BICCHI, ANTONIO
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Although we do not know as yet how robots of the future will look like exactly, most of us are sure that they will not resemble the heavy, bulky, rigid machines dangerously moving around in old-fashioned industrial automation. There is a growing consensus, in the research community as well as in expectations from the public, that robots of the next ...
Albu Schäffer, Alin, BICCHI, ANTONIO
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