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Biomimetic Self‐Reconfigurable Soft Gripper for Cross‐Scale, Multi‐Particle, and High‐Load Multifunctional Manipulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A fully soft, self‐reconfigurable gripper inspired by rapeseed flowers is monolithically 3D‐printed and electronics‐free, switching between diagonal and parallel finger arrangements. Establishing a self‐reconfigurable grasping paradigm, the gripper enables diverse manipulation tasks, including rotating bulbs, picking fruits, grasping cross‐scale ...
Qiping Xu, Bin Wang, Jinxin Chen, Zhengqiang Guo, Baisong Yang, Chaoqian Chen, Jiancheng Cai, Chee‐Meng Chew, Shiju E   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orimura: A Novel Soft Pneumatic Actuator

IEEE Access
Zinat Tasneem, Koichi Oka
openaire   +1 more source

A Multimodal Haptic Feedback Interface with Thin‐Film Compliant Mechanism

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multimodal haptic devices can trigger different mechanoreceptors, enabling richer haptic information. This study presents an electromagnetic multimodal haptic device capable of delivering indentation, stretch, and vibration stimuli. The device is enabled by a novel polymer thin‐film compliant mechanism that provides high translational compliance along ...
Jingjing Wan, Emanuele Nicotra, James Davies, Kefan Zhu, Quang Anh Nguyen, Sinuo Zhao, Chi Cong Nguyen, Bibhu Sharma, Adrienne Ji, Hermione Truong, Patrick Pruscino, Tan Huynh, Phuoc Thien Phan, Hoang‐Phuong Phan, Nigel Hamilton Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Smart Fluid‐Hydraulic System Based on MRF Valve Control and Its Application in Flexible Grasping

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study introduces a smart fluid hydraulic system using MRF valve control for flexible gripping. An MRF‐MSV with an integrated excitation coil and micro‐textured damping channels is designed and validated; micro‐texturing increases hydraulic resistance. Coupled with a soft actuator, the MRF‐MSV enables dynamic bending and grasping.
Linfeng Huo, Hui Ji, Ruidong Hong, Songlin Nie, Fanglong Yin, Zhonghai Ma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Absorption of Broadband Low‐Frequency Sound Beyond the Thermodynamics Limit: An Acoustic Resonator With Magnetic Bearing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents a magnetic‐bearing acoustic resonator that overcomes the thermodynamics limit of sound absorption. By introducing tunable negative stiffness, it achieves broadband low‐frequency absorption within a compact cavity, far exceeding the performance achievable by classic mass‐tuned designs.
Ying Hu, Zhe Zhang, Bohua Huang, Xue Han, Hallam Bastin Kilcoyne, Lixi Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Rigid–Foldable Kirigami‐Inspired Metamorphic Mechanism With Programmable Motion Modes and Self‐Locking

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Geometric constraint reconfiguration enables a rigid–foldable kirigami‐inspired mechanism to switch between twisting, directional translation, and self‐locking states. By encoding multifunctionality directly into its architecture, the mechanism achieves multimodal motion and passive locking without reassembly, providing a compact platform for adaptive ...
Jianlin Wang, Zhongmin Song, Ketao Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Stochastic Entanglement of Deterministic Origami Tentacles For Robust Robotic Grasping

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study introduces an origami tentacle gripper to robustly grasp objects‐in air, underwater, and even in orbital space‐by exploiting a synergy between local, deterministic deformation programming and global, stochastic entanglements. A single origami tentacle can be designed to coil with a simple tendon pull.
Alec Boron, Bokun Zheng, Ziyang Zhou, Noel Naughton, Suyi Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Configuration identification of on-demand variable stiffness strain-limiting layers in zig-zag soft pneumatic actuators using deep learning methods. [PDF]

Int J Rob Res
Gunawardane PDSH, Lee D, Cheung P, Zhou H, Alici G, Chiao M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bistable Networks Enable Complex Shape Changes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Transition‐controlled metamaterials are networks of bistable mechanical memory that store local binary states and express them as global shape change. By decoupling low‐force programming from high‐force holding, a single lattice is reconfigured into distinct 2D profiles and 3D surfaces without continuous actuation, enabling reusable morphing materials ...
Sawyer Thomas, Jeffrey Lipton
wiley   +1 more source

Fabric soft pneumatic actuators with programmable turing pattern textures. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Tanaka M, Song Y, Nomura T.
europepmc   +1 more source