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Stretchable Electroadhesion for Soft Robots [PDF]
2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014 With the ongoing rise of soft robots there emerges a need for new soft robotic technologies that can cope with hyper-flexibility and stretchability. In this paper, we describe our developments on enabling controllable adhesion, namely electroadhesion ...
Germann, Jürg Markus +5 more
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A soft matter computer for soft robots [PDF]
Science Robotics, 2019 Despite the growing interest in soft robotics, little attention has been paid to the development of soft matter computational mechanisms. Embedding computation directly into soft materials is not only necessary for the next generation of fully soft ...
Rossiter, J. +4 more
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Locomotion of Miniature Soft Robots
Advanced Materials, 2021 Miniature soft robots are mobile devices, which are made of smart materials that can be actuated by external stimuli to realize their desired functionalities. Here, the key advancements and challenges of the locomotion producible by miniature soft robots
Pooi See Lee +11 more
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Recycling-oriented fabrication of soft robots
, 2022 571576Climate change is continuing, and more environmental awareness is required these days. In this context, plastics are a controversial topic. On top of this, a current plastics-based field of research is developing with great interest: soft robotics.
Nguyen, Anh Minh, Seibel, Arthur
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ACS Nano, 2023 Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access remote areas, and offer realistic feedback on their handling performance. However, increased dexterity and mechanical compliance of soft robots come with the need for
Chidanand Hegde +5 more
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Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2023 Soft robots’ flexibility and compliance give them the potential to outperform traditional rigid-bodied robots while performing multiple tasks in unexpectedly changing environments and conditions. However, soft robots are yet to reveal their full potential; nature is still far more advanced in several areas, such as locomotion and manipulation.
Oncay Yasa +6 more
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Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for biomedical soft robots
Materials Today Advances, 2023 Soft robots have opened an emerging research direction in robotics due to their promising performance enabled by functional materials and fabrication technology.
Yang Yang, Pengcheng Jiao
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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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Recent progress on underwater soft robots: adhesion, grabbing, actuating, and sensing
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 The research on biomimetic robots, especially soft robots with flexible materials as the main structure, is constantly being explored. It integrates multi-disciplinary content, such as bionics, material science, mechatronics engineering, and control ...
Yeming Zhang +7 more
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Mechanoreception for Soft Robots via Intuitive Body Cues [PDF]
, 2020 Mechanoreception, the ability of robots to detect mechanical stimuli from the internal and external environments, contributes significantly to improving safety and task performance during the operation of robots in unstructured environments.
WANG, L, Wang, Z
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