Physics-Based Finite Element Simulation of the Dynamics of Soft Robots
IEEE Access, 2023 Soft robots grew to prominence in large part because they promised a new and exciting means for engineers to develop robots that are both highly adaptable and safe for direct human interaction.
Kevin Wandke, Y Z
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Embedded fuzzy logic controller for positive and negative pressure control in pneumatic soft robots [PDF]
, 2018 A key challenge in soft robotics is controlling the large deformation experienced as a result of high compliance nature of soft robots. In this work, a software control strategy for regulating the amount of internal positive and negative air pressure ...
Hayashi, Yoshikatsu +2 more
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Recent Advances in Perceptive Intelligence for Soft Robotics
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Over the past decade, soft robot research has expanded to diverse fields, including biomedicine, bionics, service robots, human–robot interaction, and artificial intelligence. Much work has been done in modeling the kinematics and dynamics of soft robots,
Zhuofan Lin +8 more
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Kinematics Modeling of a Twisted and Coiled Polymer-Based Elastomer Soft Robot
IEEE Access, 2019 Twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) is increasingly used for soft robots due to its good compaction. However, the lack of kinematics model of elastomer soft robots limits precise control.
Jiali Bao, Weihang Chen, Jing Xu
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Elastomeric spring actuator using nylon wires [PDF]
, 2017 Medical devices are designed for collaboration with the human body, which makes the steps to create them increasingly more complex if the device is to be implanted.
A Balasubramanian +11 more
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Sensors, 2023 Soft robots are interesting examples of hyper-redundancy in robotics. However, the nonlinear continuous dynamics of these robots and the use of hyper-elastic and visco-elastic materials make modeling these robots more complicated.
Mahboubeh Keyvanara +2 more
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Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 The tight coupling of shape transformation, stiffness tuning, and self‐sensing that biological organisms exhibit has long served as inspiration for next‐generation soft robots.
Xudong Yang +8 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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Design of a Bio-Inspired Untethered Soft Octopodal Robot Driven by Magnetic Field
Biomimetics, 2023 Inspired by insects in nature, an increasing number of soft robots have been proposed to mimic their locomotion patterns. As a wireless actuation method, the magnetic actuation technique has been widely applied to drive soft magnetic robots for diverse ...
Ruomeng Xu, Qingsong Xu
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A bistable soft gripper with mechanically embedded sensing and actuation for fast closed-loop grasping [PDF]
, 2019 Soft robotic grippers are shown to be high effective for grasping unstructured objects with simple sensing and control strategies. However, they are still limited by their speed, sensing capabilities and actuation mechanism.
Abidi, Syed Haider +4 more
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