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Accessible Soft Robotics Education with Re-configurable Balloon Robots

Soft robotics requires effective tools to educate the next generation of engineers and researchers. Stemming from a lack of universally accepted principles for education and with high barriers to entry in terms of fabrication and hardware, education to ...
Gilday, Kieran Daniel, Hughes, Josie, Wu, Yi-Shiun   +2 more
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Biomedical soft robots: current status and perspective

, 2020
This paper reviews the current status of soft robots in biomedical field. Soft robots are made of materials that have comparable modulus of elasticity to that of biological systems.
Hamidi, Reza Jalilzadeh, Reasnor, T., Iqbal, K., Armani, A., Ashuri, T., Ahmadi, S.   +5 more
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Software toolkit for modeling, simulation and control of soft robots [PDF]

, 2017
International audienceThe technological differences between traditional robotics and soft robotics have an impact on all of the modeling tools generally in use, including direct kinematics and inverse models, Jacobians, and dynamics.
O. Goury, Largilliere, Frederick, M. Sanz-Lopez, T. Morales-Bieze, Thieffry, Maxime, Dequidt, Jeremie, B. Carrez, J. Dequidt, C. Duriez, Carrez, Bruno, E. Coevoet, Duriez, Christian, Z. Zhang, Goury, Olivier, Coevoet, Eulalie, Sanz Lopez, Mario, M. Thieffry, D. Marchal, Zhang, Zhongkai, Marchal, Damien, Morales Bieze, Thor, F. Largilliere, Morales-Bieze, Thor, Vanneste, Félix, Marchal, Damien, Christian Pierre Madeleine   +24 more
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Soft Robotics: Challenges and Perspectives

Procedia Computer Science, 2011
AbstractThere has been an increasing interest in the use of unconventional materials and morphologies in robotic systems because the underlying mechanical properties (such as body shapes, elasticity, viscosity, softness, density and stickiness) are crucial research topics for our in-depth understanding of embodied intelligence.
Fumiya Iida, Cecilia Laschi
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Soft Robots: Increasing Robot Diversity with Soft Materials [PDF]

The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life, 2021
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Toward Long-Lasting Large-Scale Soft Robots: The Durability Challenge in Architectured Materials

Soft robots promise groundbreaking advancements across various industries. However, soft robots are susceptible to wear, fatigue, and material degradation.
Stella, Francesco, Hughes, Josie, Santina, Cosimo Della, Bing, Zhenshan, Pei, Guanran, Guan, Qinghua, Meebed, Omar   +6 more
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Informing robot design through early public engagement: lay perceptions of soft versus rigid socially assistive and rescue robots

Frontiers in Robotics and AI
As soft robots become more prevalent in society, it becomes increasingly important to understand how laypersons evaluate their risks and benefits relative to conventional rigid robots.
J. Fenn, J. Fenn, L. Estadieu, L. Estadieu, M. Gorki, M. Gorki, I. Monno, F. Tauber, J. Teichmann, S. Levy-Tzedek, S. Levy-Tzedek, T. Speck, T. Speck, O. Müller, O. Müller, A. Kiesel, A. Kiesel   +16 more
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Soft Robotics: Biological Inspiration, State of the Art, and Future Research

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2008
Traditional robots have rigid underlying structures that limit their ability to interact with their environment. For example, conventional robot manipulators have rigid links and can manipulate objects using only their specialised end effectors.
Deepak Trivedi, Christopher D. Rahn, William M. Kier, Ian D. Walker   +3 more
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Bioinspired Ultrathin Piecewise Controllable Soft Robots

, 2021
In nature, animals or plants often use soft organs to move and hunt. Research works on bioinspired materials and devices have attracted more and more interest as which show the potential for future intelligent robots.
Song Wang, Yu, Xinge, Wang, Lidai, Zhan Gao, Yiming Liu, Xinge Yu, Hao Zeng, Zhaoqian Xie, Dengfeng Li, Gao, Zhan, Wang, Song, Yao, Kuanming, Zeng, Hao, Li, Dengfeng, Liu, Yiming, He, Jiahui, Kuanming Yao, Mengge Wu, Jiahui He, Lidai Wang, Wu, Mengge, Xie, Zhaoqian   +21 more
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Bio-inspired locomotion of functional materials-based small-scale soft robots

Nano Research
Soft robotics, as an interdisciplinary field, has attracted significant attention due to its diverse applications. With the advancement of functional materials, various soft actuators have been developed to construct small-scale soft robots.
Ruitong Yang, Qijian Liu, Xinlin Qing, Yanting Liu, Yuanyuan Yang   +4 more
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