Design and control of a novel variable stiffness soft arm [PDF]
, 2018 Soft robot arms possess such characteristics as light weight, simple structure and good adaptability to the environment, among others. On the other hand, robust control of soft robot arms presents many difficulties.
Chaoqun Xiang +9 more
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Soft robot actuators using energy-efficient valves controlled by electropermanent magnets [PDF]
, 2011 This paper presents the design, fabrication, and evaluation of a novel type of valve that uses an electropermanent magnet [1]. This valve is then used to build actuators for a soft robot.
Marchese, Andrew Dominic +2 more
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Framework for Armature-Based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Sensorized Soft Robots in eXtended Reality
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Soft robots are typically intended to operate in highly unpredictable and unstructured environments. Although their soft bodies help them to passively conform to their environment, the execution of specific tasks within such environments often requires ...
Elvis I. A. Borges +4 more
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Software Reuse across Robotic Platforms: Limiting the effects of diversity [PDF]
, 2005 Robots have diverse capabilities and complex interactions with their environment. Software development for robotic platforms is time consuming due to the complex nature of the tasks to be performed.
Smith, Glenn +2 more
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A Soft Growing Robot Using Hyperelastic Material
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Soft growing robots have received considerable attention because of their unique locomotion. However, the use of a single material for their manufacturing causes numerous problems, because each part of the robot requires different characteristics.
Nam Gyun Kim, Jee-Hwan Ryu
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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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Vine Robots: Design, Teleoperation, and Deployment for Navigation and Exploration
, 2020 A new class of continuum robots has recently been explored, characterized by tip extension, significant length change, and directional control. Here, we call this class of robots "vine robots," due to their similar behavior to plants with the growth ...
Blumenschein, Laura H. +9 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Feet play an important role in the adaptive, versatile, and stable locomotion of legged creatures. Accordingly, several robotic research studies have used biological feet as the inspiration for the design of robot feet in traversing complex terrains ...
Muhammad Bilal Khan +4 more
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Compliance adaptation of an intrinsically soft ankle rehabilitation robot driven by pneumatic muscles [PDF]
, 2017 Pneumatic muscles (PMs)-driven robots become more and more popular in medical and rehabilitation field as the actuators are intrinsically complaint and thus are safer for patients than traditional rigid robots.
Ai, Q +4 more
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Editorial: Soft Robotic Modeling and Control: Bringing Together Articulated Soft Robots and Soft-Bodied Robots [PDF]
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2021 Learning & Autonomous ...
Della Santina, C. (author) +3 more
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