Shape-Changing Materials Using Variable Stiffness and Distributed Control [0.03%]
基于可调刚度和分布式的形变材料控制系统
Michael Andy McEvoy,Nikolaus Correll
Michael Andy McEvoy
We describe a robotic material that tightly integrates sensing, actuation, computation, and communication to perform autonomous shape change. The composite consists of multiple cells, each with the ability to control their local stiffness (...
A Magnetically Controlled Soft Microrobot Steering a Guidewire in a Three-Dimensional Phantom Vascular Network [0.03%]
一种磁操控的软微型机器人在三维仿体血管网络中引导导丝前行
Sungwoong Jeon,Ali Kafash Hoshiar,Kangho Kim et al.
Sungwoong Jeon et al.
Magnetically actuated soft robots may improve the treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Significant progress has been made in the development of soft robotic systems that steer catheters. A more challenging task, however, is ...
A Novel Fabric-Based Versatile and Stiffness-Tunable Soft Gripper Integrating Soft Pneumatic Fingers and Wrist [0.03%]
一种新颖的基于织物的多功能且刚度可调的软夹爪，集成了软气动手指和腕部
Yanqiong Fei,Jiangbei Wang,Wu Pang
Yanqiong Fei
This work presents the design and test of a novel fabric-based versatile and stiffness-tunable soft gripper integrating soft pneumatic fingers and wrist. The morphology is designed into a compact tuning fork shape (130 × 110 × 260 mm, 389...
Soft Poly-Limbs: Toward a New Paradigm of Mobile Manipulation for Daily Living Tasks [0.03%]
软体机械手：迈向日常生活任务中移动操作的新范式
Pham Huy Nguyen,Curtis Sparks,Sai G Nuthi et al.
Pham Huy Nguyen et al.
We present the design and development of the fluid-driven, wearable, Soft Poly-Limb (SPL), from the Greek word polys, meaning many. The SPL utilizes the numerous traits of soft robotics to enable a novel approach in providing safe and compl...
Linda Paternò,Giuseppe Tortora,Arianna Menciassi
Linda Paternò
Fluidic mechanisms have stimulated research and development in minimally invasive surgery instrumentations, because of their good performance in limited size and their force/torque generation with respect to other types of actuation systems...
Regulation of C2C12 Differentiation and Control of the Beating Dynamics of Contractile Cells for a Muscle-Driven Biosyncretic Crawler by Electrical Stimulation [0.03%]
电刺激调节C2C12分化及控制收缩细胞的节律动态以驱动一种肌肉生物机器人前行的研究
Lianqing Liu,Chuang Zhang,Wenxue Wang et al.
Lianqing Liu et al.
Biosyncretic robots have potential advantages associated with both living organisms and electromechanical systems. Skeletal muscle tissue is a candidate as bioactuators for biosyncretic robots because of its excellent contraction force and ...
Multipoint Bending and Shape Retention of a Pneumatic Bending Actuator by a Variable Stiffness Endoskeleton [0.03%]
多点弯曲和形状保持的气动弯曲执行器的变刚度内骨骼研究
Shotaro Yoshida,Yuya Morimoto,Lanying Zheng et al.
Shotaro Yoshida et al.
We propose a pneumatic bending actuator integrated with a low-melting-point alloy-based variable stiffness endoskeleton that can bend at multiple points and maintain its bent shape without power supply. Local stiffness of the soft actuator ...
Tactile Sensing Applied to the Universal Gripper Using Conductive Thermoplastic Elastomer [0.03%]
基于导电热塑性弹性体的万能 gripper 仿生触觉感知技术研究
Josie Hughes,Fumiya Iida
Josie Hughes
There is increasing interest in the use of soft materials in robotic applications ranging from wearable devices to soft grippers. While soft structures provide a number of favorable properties to robotic systems, sensing of large deformable...
Untethered Miniature Soft Robots: Modeling and Design of a Millimeter-Scale Swimming Magnetic Sheet [0.03%]
一种微型软机器人：毫米级磁性游泳薄片模型及设计
Jiachen Zhang,Eric Diller
Jiachen Zhang
The actuation and control of miniature soft robots are challenging problems due to their limited onboard space and flexible bodies. Smart magnetic materials are promising candidates to address these challenges since they can be powered and ...
Toward a Common Framework for the Design of Soft Robotic Manipulators with Fluidic Actuation [0.03%]
朝向软体机器人操作器流体驱动设计的通用框架共同努力
Arnau Garriga-Casanovas,Ian Collison,Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena
Arnau Garriga-Casanovas
Soft robotic manipulators with fluidic actuation are devices with easily deformable structures that comprise a set of chambers that can be pressurized to achieve structural deflection. These devices have experienced a rapid development in r...