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Advanced Materials, 2018 AbstractAdvances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented, covering different material sets, physical principles, and device architectures.
Jun Shintake +3 more
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Soft robotic grippers: a review
Frontiers in MaterialsSoft grippers, with their high flexibility and environmental adaptability, have shown promising applications in industrial automation, medical assistance, and underwater operations.
Youyou Zhang +6 more
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Dielectric Elastomer Based “Grippers” for Soft Robotics [PDF]
Advanced Materials, 2015 The use of few stiff fibers to control the deformation of dielectric elastomer actuators, in particular to break the symmetry of equi-biaxial lateral strain in the absence of prestretch, is demonstrated. Actuators with patterned fibers are shown to evolve into unique shapes upon electrical actuation, enabling novel designs of gripping actuators for ...
Shian, Samuel +2 more
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Humanoid finger with rigid-flexible-soft structure [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSoft robotic grippers offer adaptable and safe manipulation across diverse objects, but they often lack the output force and stability of rigid grippers.
Boyang Lyu +6 more
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Human-Centered Sensor Technologies for Soft Robotic Grippers: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
SensorsThe importance of bio-robotics has been increasing day by day. Researchers are trying to mimic nature in a more creative way so that the system can easily adapt to the complex nature and its environment.
Md. Tasnim Rana +2 more
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Soft particles reinforce robotic grippers: robotic grippers based on granular jamming of soft particles [PDF]
Granular Matter, 2021 AbstractGranular jamming has been identified as a fundamental mechanism for the operation of robotic grippers. In this work, we show, that soft particles like expanded polystyrene beads lead to significantly larger gripping forces in comparison to rigid particles.
Holger Götz +4 more
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A Bioinspired Compliant 3D-Printed Soft Gripper [PDF]
Soft Robotics, 2022 A compliant three-dimensional (3D)-printed soft gripper is designed based on the bioinspired spiral spring in this study. The soft gripper is then 3D-printed using a suitable thermoplastic filament material to deliver the desired performance. The sensorless mechanism introduced in this study provides adequate compliance with a single linear actuator ...
Zolfagharian, A +5 more
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Magnetically switchable soft suction grippers
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021 Grasping is one of the key tasks for robots. Gripping fragile and complex three-dimensional (3D) objects without applying excessive contact forces has been a challenge for traditional rigid robot grippers. To solve this challenge, soft robotic grippers have been recently proposed for applying small forces and for conforming to complex 3D object shapes ...
Koivikko, Anastasia +3 more
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A Gecko-Inspired Soft Passive Gripper [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2020 This paper presents a soft passive gripper consisting of six fluidic soft bending actuators arranged in a star-shaped manner. The actuators are oriented such that, upon pressurization, they bend against gravity. Gripping is realized by a commercial tape with mushroom-shaped adhesive structures that is glued to the bottom patches of the gripper. In this
Arthur Seibel +2 more
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The Loop Gripper: A Soft Gripper for Honeycomb Materials
Procedia Manufacturing, 2021 Honeycomb materials are widely used as core layers of sandwich panels in the packaging, furniture, aviation, and space industry. To fulfill the varying requirements of the different applications, a wide range of materials, cell geometries, and cell sizes is used.
Roth, Franziska +2 more
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