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A Structural Optimisation Method for a Soft Pneumatic Actuator [PDF]
Robotics, 2018 This study aims to investigate the effects of various design parameters on the actuation performance of a pneumatic network actuator (PNA), optimise its structure using the finite element method (FEM), and subsequently quantify the performance of the resulting actuator topology experimentally.
Weiping Hu +3 more
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Soft Pneumatic Actuator skin with embedded sensors [PDF]
2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014 Soft Pneumatic Actuator skin (SPA-skin) is a novel concept of ultra-thin (< 1 mm) sensor embedded actuators with distributed actuation points that could cover soft bodies. This highly customizable and flexible SPA-skin is ideal for providing proprioceptive sensing by covering pre-existing structures and robots bodies.
Chansu Suh +3 more
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Soft Pneumatic Bending Actuator with Integrated Carbon Nanotube Displacement Sensor
Robotics, 2016 The excellent compliance and large range of motion of soft actuators controlled by fluid pressure has lead to strong interest in applying devices of this type for biomimetic and human-robot interaction applications. However, in contrast to soft actuators
Tim Giffney +6 more
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Actuators, 2023 Soft robotics research has rapidly incorporated Additive Manufacturing (AM) into its standard prototyping repertoire. While numerous publications have highlighted the suitability of AM for producing soft pneumatic actuators, fluidic components, and ...
Gabriel Dämmer +3 more
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Fabrication of Multi-Material Pneumatic Actuators and Microactuators Using Stereolithography
Micromachines, 2023 Pneumatic actuators are of great interest for device miniaturization, microactuators, soft robots, biomedical engineering, and complex control systems.
Qingchuan Song +6 more
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3D Shrinking for Rapid Fabrication of Origami-Inspired Semi-Soft Pneumatic Actuators
IEEE Access, 2020 Soft actuators are an essential component of soft robots. They are also well suited for human-friendly robots due to their intrinsic safety. The advantages of origami structures have motivated the development of origami-inspired semi-soft actuators.
Abdelrahman Zaghloul, Gary M. Bone
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Self-excited valve using a flat ring tube: Application to robotics
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Complex and bulky driving systems are among the main issues for soft robots driven by pneumatic actuators. Self-excited oscillation is a promising approach for dealing with this problem: oscillatory actuation is generated from non-oscillatory input ...
Hiroyuki Nabae, Eigo Kitamura
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Earthworm‐Inspired Multi‐Material, Adaptive Strain‐Limiting, Hybrid Actuators for Soft Robots
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 This research presents a new class of versatile multi‐material hybrid actuators (MASH actuators), powered by pneumatics and electrostatic adhesion (EA)‐based adaptive strain‐limiting layers.
Quan Xiong +4 more
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ActuatorsDrawing inspiration from the intricate soft structures found in nature, soft actuators possess the ability to incrementally execute complex tasks and adapt to dynamic and interactive environments.
Ke Ma +6 more
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A Modular Soft Gripper with Combined Pneu-Net Actuators
Actuators, 2023 Soft Pneumatic-Network (Pneu-Net) Actuators (SPAs) have been used extensively in making soft grippers, due to their simple driving forms and large bending deformation.
Xinjie Zhang +6 more
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