A Robust Soft Lens for Tunable Camera Application Using Dielectric Elastomer Actuators [0.03%]
基于介电弹性体驱动器的可调焦仿生软镜头研究
Saekwang Nam,Sungryul Yun,Jae Woong Yoon et al.
Saekwang Nam et al.
Developing tunable lenses, an expansion-based mechanism for dynamic focus adjustment can provide a larger focal length tuning range than a contraction-based mechanism. Here, we develop an expansion-tunable soft lens module using a disk-type...
Oisín Byrne,Fergal Coulter,Mark Glynn et al.
Oisín Byrne et al.
This article presents a direct additive manufacturing method for composite material soft pneumatic actuators that are capable of performing a range of programmable motions. Commonly, molding is the method used to manufacture soft fluidic ac...
The Design and Mathematical Model of a Novel Variable Stiffness Extensor-Contractor Pneumatic Artificial Muscle [0.03%]
一种新型可变刚度气动肌腱软体人工肌肉的设计及数学模型研究
Hassanin Al-Fahaam,Samia Nefti-Meziani,Theo Theodoridis et al.
Hassanin Al-Fahaam et al.
This article presents the design of a novel extensor-contractor pneumatic artificial muscle (ECPAM). This new actuator has numerous advantages over traditional pneumatic artificial muscles. These include the abilities to both contract and e...
Bioinspired 3D Printable Soft Vacuum Actuators for Locomotion Robots, Grippers and Artificial Muscles [0.03%]
受生物启发的3D打印软真空致动器在行走机器人、夹爪和人工肌肉中的应用
Charbel Tawk,Marc In Het Panhuis,Geoffrey M Spinks et al.
Charbel Tawk et al.
Continued technological progress in robotic systems has led to more applications where robots and humans operate in close proximity and even physical contact in some cases. Soft robots, which are made of highly compliant and deformable mate...
Towards Pneumatic Spiral Grippers: Modeling and Design Considerations [0.03%]
气动螺旋 gripper：模型与设计考虑因素
Naveen Kumar Uppalapati,Girish Krishnan
Naveen Kumar Uppalapati
There are a number of instances in nature where long and slender objects are grasped by a continuum arm spirally twirling around the object, thereby increasing the area of contact and stability between the gripper and the object. This paper...
Hunpyo Ju,Jinmo Jeong,Pyo Kwak et al.
Hunpyo Ju et al.
Mechanical flexibility introduced in functional electronic devices has allowed electronics to avoid mechanical breakage, conform to nonplanar surfaces, or attach to deformable surfaces, leading to greatly expanded applications, and some res...
Electrically-Induced Actuation of Acrylic-Based Dielectric Elastomers in Excess of 500% Strain [0.03%]
应用电致驱动 acrylic 基压电高分子人工肌肉过五千分之五应变的研究
Yu Feng Goh,Samin Akbari,Tran Vy Khanh Vo et al.
Yu Feng Goh et al.
Conventional robots are typically actuated by hard actuators, while biological entities consist mostly of soft muscles. Being soft imparts a functionality of compliance, thereby greatly enhancing the range of actuation and the degrees of fr...
Exploiting Textile Mechanical Anisotropy for Fabric-Based Pneumatic Actuators [0.03%]
利用纺织材料力学各向异性特性制备织物气动执行器
Leonardo Cappello,Kevin C Galloway,Siddharth Sanan et al.
Leonardo Cappello et al.
Knit, woven, and nonwoven fabrics offer a diverse range of stretch and strain limiting mechanical properties that can be leveraged to produce tailored, whole-body deformation mechanics of soft robotic systems. This work presents new insight...
Design and Development of a Topology-Optimized Three-Dimensional Printed Soft Gripper [0.03%]
一种拓扑优化的可软抓取手爪三维打印设计与开发
Hongying Zhang,A Senthil Kumar,Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh et al.
Hongying Zhang et al.
In the past decade, a rich repertoire of soft robots, designed from biomimetic and intuitive approaches, has been developed to overcome challenges faced by their rigid-bodied counterparts. However, these design approaches are greatly limite...
Evolving Soft Locomotion in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments: Effects of Material Properties and Environmental Transitions [0.03%]
水生和陆地环境中的软体运动的演化：材料属性与环境转换的影响
Francesco Corucci,Nick Cheney,Francesco Giorgio-Serchi et al.
Francesco Corucci et al.
Designing soft robots poses considerable challenges; automated design approaches may be particularly appealing in this field, as they promise to optimize complex multimaterial machines with very little or no human intervention. Evolutionary...