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A Geometric Approach towards Inverse Kinematics of Soft Extensible Pneumatic Actuators Intended for Trajectory Tracking

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, Arman Goshtasbi, Irene A. Kuling   +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, Zongzheng Wang, Bojian Zhang, Tianyu Chen, Changhong Linghu, Kunlin Wu, Guohui Wang, Hailu Wang, Yifan Wang   +8 more
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Solar‐Driven Soft Robots

, 2021
Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH Stimuli-responsive materials have been lately employed in soft robotics enabling new classes of robots that can emulate biological systems.
Sim, Douglas, Wang, Evelyn, Evelyn N. Wang, Arny Leroy, Leroy, Arny, Mirvakili, Seyed Mohammad, Douglas Sim, Seyed M. Mirvakili   +7 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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Bioinspired soft robots for deep-sea exploration [PDF]

, 2023
The deep ocean, Earth’s untouched expanse, presents immense challenges for exploration due to its extreme pressure, temperature, and darkness. Unlike traditional marine robots that require specialized metallic vessels for protection, deep-sea species ...
Wang, Luwen, Liang, Yiming, He, Shunping, Xue, Yaoting, Yiming Liang, Tiefeng Li, Fajun Yu, Chengjun Wang, Jiayao Yan, Shih, Benjamin, Cecilia Laschi, Wang, Tao, Yan, Jiayao, Chen, Yunsai, Li, Tiefeng, Yaoting Xue, Shunping He, A-Man Zhang, Jiaqi Liu, Wang, Chengjun, Tuck-Whye Wong, Liu, Xiaobo, Michael T. Tolley, Wu, Baosheng, Benjamin Shih, Wong, Tuck-Whye, Guo, Chunyu, Zhang, A-Man, Yunsai Chen, Laschi, Cecilia, Wen, Li, Chunyu Guo, Tolley, Michael T., Li, Guorui, Yu, Fajun, Tao Wang, Liu, Jiaqi, Xiaobo Liu, Guorui Li, Baosheng Wu, Luwen Wang, Li Wen   +41 more
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Spreadable Magnetic Soft Robots with On-Demand Hardening

Research, 2023
Magnetically actuated mobile robots demonstrate attractive advantages in various medical applications due to their wireless and programmable executions with tiny sizes. Confronted with complex application scenarios, however, it requires more flexible and
Zichen Xu, Yuanhe Chen, Qingsong Xu
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Soft robots

, 2019
S.58Mit dem Begriff Roboter werden im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch computergesteuerte automatisierte Maschinen verbunden, die eine starre Struktur besitzen und Gelenke, Scharniere oder Klappen aufweisen.
Freudendahl, Diana
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Contactless Manipulation of Soft Robots

, 2019
In recent years, jointless soft robots have demonstrated various curvilinear motions unlike conventional robotic systems requiring complex mechanical joints and electrical design principles.
Sukyoung Won, Jeong Jae Wie, Jisoo Jeon, Jeong Eun Park, Jae Gwang Kim   +4 more
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Self-vectoring electromagnetic soft robots with high operational dimensionality

, 2023
Achieving efficiently reprogrammable actuation and high operational dimensionality for soft robots with a limited number of actuators are challenging. Here, Li et al.
Huyue Chen, Qiuhua Gao, Jian Xu, Xinyu Guo, Zhiran Yi, Zhiyuan Wu, Lei Shao, Fuyi Fang, Wenbo Li, Guang Meng, Wenming Zhang   +10 more
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Variable Stiffness Flexure Structures Enabled by Phase‐Change Gallium and Adhesive Interfacial Locking for Soft Robotic Applications

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A flexure‐based variable stiffness structure is developed by integrating phase‐change modulation and adhesive interfacial locking of gallium. The design enables a wide stiffness variability, transitioning from soft, flexible behavior to rigid, load‐supporting performance.
Sungjin Kim, Sohee John Yoon, Yong‐Lae Park   +2 more
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