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Soft Robotics Week

, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive, timely snapshot of current research, technologies and applications of soft robotics. The different chapters, written by international experts across multiple fields of soft robotics, cover innovative systems and ...
Iida, Fumiya, Rossiter, Jonathan, Margheri, Laura, Laschi, Cecilia, Cianchetti, Matteo   +4 more
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Light‐Actuated Fiber‐Climbing Inchworm Robot Toward Endoluminal Navigation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A kirigami‐inspired soft inchworm robot harnesses optical energy from a customized side‐emitting optical fiber, guaranteeing its propulsion along the fiber body. The wavelength‐selective responsiveness of dye‐functionalized liquid crystal elastomers and the application of temporal illumination patterns enable sequential control of robot components. The
Antonio Lobosco, Leilei Song, Fan Liu, Yu‐Hsiang Lin, Venkatasubramanian Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, Hao Zeng, Sarthak Misra   +6 more
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Exploring Saliency for Learning Sensory-Motor Contingencies in Loco-Manipulation Tasks

Robotics
The objective of this paper is to propose a framework for a robot to learn multiple Sensory-Motor Contingencies from human demonstrations and reproduce them.
Elisa Stefanini, Gianluca Lentini, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Antonio Bicchi   +4 more
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SoftSAR: The New Softer Side of Socially Assistive Robots—Soft Robotics with Social Human–Robot Interaction Skills

, 2022
When we think of “soft” in terms of socially assistive robots (SARs), it is mainly in reference to the soft outer shells of these robots, ranging from robotic teddy bears to furry robot pets.
Hani E. Naguib, Naguib, Hani E., Yu-Chen Sun, Meysam Effati, Goldie Nejat, Nejat, Goldie, Sun, Yu-Chen, Effati, Meysam   +7 more
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Coating Artificial Spider Silk Fiber with Magnetic FeCo: An Effective Strategy for Creating a Flexible Magneto‐Responsive Material

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An original method is presented for producing artificial spider silk fibers with magnetic and magnetomechanical responsiveness, which consists in coating them with a nanometer‐thick layer of FeCo alloy by sputtering deposition. The challenge of combining organic materials and inorganic magnetic nanostructures is addressed, thus taking a step forward ...
Filippo Lanaro, Federico Spizzo, Gabriele Greco, Benjamin Schmuck, Anna Rising, Lucia Del Bianco   +5 more
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Actuators for Soft Robotics

, 2016
Although we do not know as yet how robots of the future will look like exactly, most of us are sure that they will not resemble the heavy, bulky, rigid machines dangerously moving around in old-fashioned industrial automation.
Albu-Schäffer, Alin Olimpiu, Albu Schäffer, Alin, Bicchi, Antonio, Antonio Bicchi, Alin Albu-Schäffer   +4 more
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A Review of Jamming Actuation in Soft Robotics

, 2020
Jamming is a popular and versatile soft robotic mechanism, enabling new systems to be developed that can achieve high stiffness variation with minimal volume variation.
Seth G. Fitzgerald, Gary W. Delaney, David Howard   +2 more
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Unifying the Control of Rigid Robots and Articulated Soft Robots [PDF]

, 2023
Keppler, Manuel
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Texoskeletons: Developing the Fundamental Technologies for Creating Intelligent Soft Robotic Clothing With Integrated 1D Sensors and Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional wearable exoskeletons rely on rigid structures, which limit comfort, flexibility, and everyday usability. This work introduces the fundamental technologies to create the first soft, lightweight, intelligent textile‐based exoskeletons (Texoskeletons) built using 1D sensors and actuators.
Amy Lukomiak, Rameesh Bulathsinghala, Jack Varga, Shuxin Meng, Kalana Marasinghe, Imaad Refai, Biyon Fernando, Amitkumar Patel, Chamika M. Halloluwa‐Arachchige, Carlos Oliveira, Arash M. Shahidi, Zahra Rahemtulla, Alexander Turner, Ziyun Ding, Bernard X. W. Liew, Andy Kerr, Ezio Preatoni, Theo Hughes‐Riley, Ishara Dharmasena, Pasindu Lugoda   +19 more
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Multidirectional Filamented Light Biofabrication Creates Aligned and Contractile Cardiac Tissues

Advanced Science
Biofabricating 3D cardiac tissues that mimic the native myocardial tissue is a pivotal challenge in tissue engineering. In this study, we fabricate 3D cardiac tissues with controlled, multidirectional cellular alignment and directed or twisting ...
Lewis S. Jones, Miriam Filippi, Mike Yan Michelis, Aiste Balciunaite, Oncay Yasa, Gal Aviel, Maria Narciso, Susanne Freedrich, Melanie Generali, Eldad Tzahor, Robert K. Katzschmann   +10 more
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