The TacTip Family: Soft Optical Tactile Sensors with 3D-Printed Biomimetic Morphologies [0.03%]
TacTip家族：具有3D打印类生形态的软光学触觉传感器
Benjamin Ward-Cherrier,Nicholas Pestell,Luke Cramphorn et al.
Benjamin Ward-Cherrier et al.
Tactile sensing is an essential component in human-robot interaction and object manipulation. Soft sensors allow for safe interaction and improved gripping performance. Here we present the TacTip family of sensors: a range of soft optical t...
A Reconfigurable Omnidirectional Soft Robot Based on Caterpillar Locomotion [0.03%]
一种基于软体爬虫蠕动的可重构全方位机器人
Jun Zou,Yangqiao Lin,Chen Ji et al.
Jun Zou et al.
A pneumatically powered, reconfigurable omnidirectional soft robot based on caterpillar locomotion is described. The robot is composed of nine modules arranged as a three by three matrix and the length of this matrix is 154 mm. The robot pr...
Thomas George Thuruthel,Yasmin Ansari,Egidio Falotico et al.
Thomas George Thuruthel et al.
With the rise of soft robotics technology and applications, there have been increasing interests in the development of controllers appropriate for their particular design. Being fundamentally different from traditional rigid robots, there i...
Edward L White,Jennifer C Case,Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
Edward L White
In this article, we describe a novel holonomic soft robotic structure based on a parallel kinematic mechanism. The design is based on the Stewart platform, which uses six sensors and actuators to achieve full six-degree-of-freedom motion. O...
Amir Mohammadi Nasab,Amin Sabzehzar,Milad Tatari et al.
Amir Mohammadi Nasab et al.
Like their natural counterparts, soft bioinspired robots capable of actively tuning their mechanical rigidity can rapidly transition between a broad range of motor tasks-from lifting heavy loads to dexterous manipulation of delicate objects...
Shape Memory Alloy-Based Soft Gripper with Variable Stiffness for Compliant and Effective Grasping [0.03%]
一种基于形状记忆合金的变刚度软 gripper 用于柔顺且有效的抓取
Wei Wang,Sung-Hoon Ahn
Wei Wang
Soft pneumatic actuators and motor-based mechanisms being concomitant with the cumbersome appendages have many challenges to making the independent robotic system with compact and lightweight configuration. Meanwhile, shape memory actuators...
Stephen Licht,Everett Collins,Manuel Lopes Mendes et al.
Stephen Licht et al.
In this work we experimentally demonstrate (a) that the holding strength of universal jamming grippers increases as a function of the jamming pressure to greater than three atmospheres, and (b) that jamming grippers can be operated in the d...
Azadeh Mirabedini,Shazed Aziz,Geoffrey M Spinks et al.
Azadeh Mirabedini et al.
The demands for new types of artificial muscles continue to grow and novel approaches are being enabled by the advent of new materials and novel fabrication strategies. Self-powered actuators have attracted significant attention due to thei...
Integrated Simultaneous Detection of Tactile and Bending Cues for Soft Robotics [0.03%]
用于软体机器人的集成了触觉和弯曲感知的集成检测方法
Massimo Totaro,Alessio Mondini,Andrea Bellacicca et al.
Massimo Totaro et al.
Soft robots should move in an unstructured environment and explore it and, to do so, they should be able to measure and distinguish proprioceptive and exteroceptive stimuli. This can be done by embedding mechanosensing systems in the body o...
Nonparametric Online Learning Control for Soft Continuum Robot: An Enabling Technique for Effective Endoscopic Navigation [0.03%]
软 continuum 机器人非参数在线学习控制：有效内窥镜导航的关键技术
Kit-Hang Lee,Denny K C Fu,Martin C W Leong et al.
Kit-Hang Lee et al.
Bioinspired robotic structures comprising soft actuation units have attracted increasing research interest. Taking advantage of its inherent compliance, soft robots can assure safe interaction with external environments, provided that preci...