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A Fluid-Driven Loop-Type Modular Soft Robot with Integrated Locomotion and Manipulation Capability
Biomimetics, 2023 In nature, some animals, such as snakes and octopuses, use their limited body structure to conduct various complicated tasks not only for locomotion but also for hunting.
Xin Sui +7 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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A Mechatronics-Embedded Pneumatic Soft Modular Robot Powered via Single Air Tube
Applied Sciences, 2019 Soft modular robots have advantages, including infinite degrees of freedom and various configurations. Most soft robots are actuated by inflating air pressure into their chambers. However, each chamber is connected to a tube that provides the air supply,
Yu Zhang +7 more
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Nonlinear Modeling and Docking Tests of a Soft Modular Robot
IEEE Access, 2019 Soft modular robots have the advantages of both bionic continuum robots and modular self-reconfigurable robots. They have potential application for working in narrow space and uneven terrain.
Yu Zhang +5 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 In complex and extreme environments, such as pipelines and polluted waters, gait programming has great significance for multibody segment locomotion robots.
Zhifeng Qi, Xiuting Sun
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A soft crawling robot with a modular design based on electrohydraulic actuator
iScience, 2023 Summary: The soft structure of creatures without a rigid internal skeleton can easily adapt to any atypical environment. In the same context, robots with soft structures can change their shape to adapt to complex and varied surroundings.
Sohyun Kim, Youngsu Cha
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An earthworm-like modular soft robot for locomotion in multi-terrain environments
Scientific Reports, 2023 Robotic locomotion in subterranean environments is still unsolved, and it requires innovative designs and strategies to overcome the challenges of burrowing and moving in unstructured conditions with high pressure and friction at depths of a few ...
Riddhi Das +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Earthworms have entirely soft bodies mainly composed of circular and longitudinal muscle bundles but can handle the complexity of unstructured environments with exceptional multifunctionality.
Zhonggui Fang +5 more
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Modular Origami Soft Robot with the Perception of Interaction Force and Body Configuration
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 Bio‐inspired soft robots provide a promising solution for robots working in human‐centered scenarios and interacting with unstructured environments. However, the functional versatility and multimodal sensing of soft robots still need improvements. On one
Junda Huang +7 more
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A Modular Cooperative Wall-Climbing Robot Based on Internal Soft Bone
Sensors, 2021 Most existing wall-climbing robots have a fixed range of load capacity and a step distance that is small and mostly immutable. It is therefore difficult for them to adapt to a discontinuous wall with particularly large gaps. Based on a modular design and
Wenkai Huang +5 more
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