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A bioinspired modular soft robotic arm
Engineering Research Express, 2023Abstract A human arm is a vital instrument for performing various tasks. To imitate natural design, we developed and characterized a bioinspired modular soft robotic arm fabricated from fabric thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The soft robotic arm comprises three link sections, three joints, and an end-effector.
Luis Hernandez-Barraza +2 more
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Soft Robotics, 2023
In recent years, the development of mining robots has grown significantly, offering improved efficiency and safety in hazardous environments. However, there is still room for improvement in adaptability, scalability, and overall performance.
Virgilio Gómez +4 more
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In recent years, the development of mining robots has grown significantly, offering improved efficiency and safety in hazardous environments. However, there is still room for improvement in adaptability, scalability, and overall performance.
Virgilio Gómez +4 more
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Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System
Soft Robotics, 2022Today's use of large-scale industrial robots is enabling extraordinary achievement on the assembly line, but these robots remain isolated from the humans on the factory floor because they are very powerful, and thus dangerous to be around. In contrast, the soft robotics research community has proposed soft robots that are safe for human environments ...
Li, Shuguang +6 more
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Modular force approximating soft robotic pneumatic actuator
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2018Soft robots are highly flexible and adaptable instruments that have proven extremely useful, especially in the surgical environment where compliance allows for improved maneuverability throughout the body. Endoscopic devices are a primary example of an instrument that physicians use to navigate to difficult-to-reach areas inside the body.
Austin J. Taylor +4 more
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3D-Printed Self-Healing Elastomers for Modular Soft Robotics
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021Advances in materials, designs, and controls are propelling the field of soft robotics at an incredible rate; however, current methods for prototyping soft robots remain cumbersome and struggle to incorporate desirable geometric complexity. Herein, a vat photopolymerizable self-healing elastomer system capable of extreme elongations up to 1000% is ...
Eliot F. Gomez +9 more
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Modular Soft Robotic Actuators from Flexible Perforated Sheets
Advanced Engineering Materials, 2023Soft robotic actuators can be designed to achieve complex and tailored motions while simultaneously leveraging their compliance to interact with complex and often delicate environments. Mechanical metamaterials reveal a route to customizable deformations, force exertion, and mechanical energy efficiency attainable by careful arrangement of local ...
Nicholas Pagliocca +2 more
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Compel, 2023
Soft robot is an enabling technology for many emerging applications. The operation voltages of many electric soft actuators, i.e., Macro Fiber Composites (MFC) and Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEA), are usually in the range of hundreds to thousands of
Hsin Cheng +9 more
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Soft robot is an enabling technology for many emerging applications. The operation voltages of many electric soft actuators, i.e., Macro Fiber Composites (MFC) and Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEA), are usually in the range of hundreds to thousands of
Hsin Cheng +9 more
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A modular approach to soft robots
2012 4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2012This paper describes a modular approach to creating soft robotic systems. The basis of these systems is an elastomeric actuation element powered by direct mechanical energy in the form of pressurized fluids. Fluidic elastomer actuators are fast and inexpensive to fabricate and offer safety and adaptability to robotic systems.
Cagdas D. Onal, Daniela Rus
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A Modular Soft Robotic Wrist for Underwater Manipulation
Soft Robotics, 2018This article presents the development of modular soft robotic wrist joint mechanisms for delicate and precise manipulation in the harsh deep-sea environment. The wrist consists of a rotary module and bending module, which can be combined with other actuators as part of a complete manipulator system.
Kurumaya Shunichi +7 more
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Design and Motion Analysis of a Soft Modular Robot for Diverse Environments
Soft RoboticsThis article introduces the design and development of a modular soft robot capable of performing multiple movement modes. The core unit module features a four-chamber soft structure, separated by a cross-shaped thin plate.
Yu Zhang +9 more
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