Reachability Improvement of a Climbing Robot Based on Large Deformations Induced by Tri-Tube Soft Actuators [0.03%]
基于三管软执行器大变形的爬行机器人可达性改善研究
Ayato Kanada,Fabio Giardina,Toby Howison et al.
Ayato Kanada et al.
Locomotion of soft-bodied organisms, such as amoeba, worms, and octopuses, is safe, robust, and adaptable and has great promise for applications in complex environments. While such organisms fully exploit the potential provided by their sof...
High-Performance Liquid Alloy Patterning of Epidermal Strain Sensors for Local Fine Skin Movement Monitoring [0.03%]
高性能液态合金表皮应变传感器用于精细检测皮肤局部运动
Bei Wang,Kang Wu,Klas Hjort et al.
Bei Wang et al.
Nowadays, stretchable/epidermal electronics based on liquid alloys has attracted more and more attention, and various processing techniques have subsequently been developed to demonstrate diverse applications never seen before. However, to ...
Wyatt Felt
Wyatt Felt
This article presents a model and experimental results for a new class of bending soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) made from a single section of thin-walled flexible tubing. The actuator is formed by creasing the tubing into fin-like rectang...
Fabrication and Dynamic Modeling of Bidirectional Bending Soft Actuator Integrated with Optical Waveguide Curvature Sensor [0.03%]
集成光学弯曲传感器的双向弯曲软执行器的制备与动态模型建立
Wenbin Chen,Caihua Xiong,Chenlong Liu et al.
Wenbin Chen et al.
Soft robots exhibit many exciting properties due to their softness and body compliance. However, to interact with the environment safely and to perform a task effectively, a soft robot faces a series of challenges such as dexterous motion, ...
Lei Qin,Xinquan Liang,Hui Huang et al.
Lei Qin et al.
This article presents a versatile soft crawling robot capable of rapid and effective locomotion. The robot mainly consists of two vacuum-actuated spring actuators and two electrostatic actuators. By programming the actuation sequences of di...
Robotic Glove with Soft-Elastic Composite Actuators for Assisting Activities of Daily Living [0.03%]
一种用于辅助日常活动的软弹性执行器机械手套
Kelvin H L Heung,Raymond K Y Tong,Alan T H Lau et al.
Kelvin H L Heung et al.
Soft robotic hand/gloves for hand rehabilitation can aid the performance of activities of daily living (ADL). Although existing soft robotic hands can assist with finger flexion, few have addressed finger extension, which is a challenging t...
Elementary Slender Soft Robots Inspired by Skeleton Joint System of Animals [0.03%]
受动物骨骼关节系统启发的初级扁平软体机器人
Pengfei Yang,Xueru Wang,Fei Dang et al.
Pengfei Yang et al.
In this article, we demonstrate elementary slender soft robots mimicking the skeleton joint system of animals with excellent locomotion performance and scalability. Inspired from bending characteristics of mammal joints, the soft joint, con...
Measuring Force Intensity and Direction with a Spatially Resolved Soft Sensor for Biomechanics and Robotic Haptic Capability [0.03%]
用于生物力学和机器人触觉能力的软传感器的空间分辨力测量
Artémis Llamosi,Séverine Toussaint
Artémis Llamosi
Possessing a sense of touch is fundamental for robots to operate outside controlled environments. Nevertheless, pressure and force-sensing technologies are still less mature than vision or proprioception solutions in commercial robots. In t...
Soft Actuators with Stiffness and Shape Modulation Using 3D-Printed Conductive Polylactic Acid Material [0.03%]
基于三维打印导电聚乳酸材料的刚度和形状可调软执行器
Mohammed Al-Rubaiai,Thassyo Pinto,Chunqi Qian et al.
Mohammed Al-Rubaiai et al.
The field of soft robotics has seen increasing interest and developments in recent years. Stiffness tuning is a desirable characteristic for soft robots since it enables adaptively modulating the load-bearing capability, shape, and locomoti...
Chris Johnson,Andrew Philippides,Philip Husbands
Chris Johnson
In swimming virtual creatures, there is often a disparity between the level of detail in simulating a swimmer's body and that of the fluid it moves in. To address this disparity, we have developed a new approach to modeling swimming virtual...