Tao Wang,Jinhua Zhang,Jun Hong et al.
Tao Wang et al.
This article presents a soft handling system inspired by the principle of the natural wave (named Wave-Handling system) aiming to offer a soft solution to delicately transport and sort fragile items such as fruits, vegetables, biological ti...
Hugo Rodrigue,Wei Wang,Min-Woo Han et al.
Hugo Rodrigue et al.
The one-dimensional deformation of shape memory alloy (SMA) wires and springs can be implemented into different types of functional structures with three-dimensional deformations. These structures can be classified based on the type of stru...
John Amend,Hod Lipson
John Amend
From using chopsticks to grab items off a plate, to snapping together two LEGO bricks in one hand, common manipulation tasks are easy for humans. However, grasping and dexterous manipulation still rank among the principal grand challenges i...
Barry Trimmer
Barry Trimmer
Leveraging Internal Viscous Flow to Extend the Capabilities of Beam-Shaped Soft Robotic Actuators [0.03%]
利用内部粘性流体扩展棒状软机器人执行器的功能
Yoav Matia,Tsah Elimelech,Amir D Gat
Yoav Matia
Elastic deformation of beam-shaped structures due to embedded fluidic networks (EFNs) is mainly studied in the context of soft actuators and soft robotic applications. Currently, the effects of viscosity are not examined in such configurati...
Fin Ray Stiffness and Fin Morphology Control Ribbon-Fin-Based Propulsion [0.03%]
基于鳍条的鱼体推进中鳍刚度和形态的影响
Hanlin Liu,Bevan Taylor,Oscar M Curet
Hanlin Liu
Ribbon-fin-based propulsion has rich locomotor capabilities that can enhance the mobility and performance of underwater vehicles navigating in complex environments. Bony fishes using this type of propulsion send one or multiple traveling wa...
Origami Wheel Transformer: A Variable-Diameter Wheel Drive Robot Using an Origami Structure [0.03%]
折纸轮形变器：一种使用折纸结构的可变直径车轮驱动机器人
Dae-Young Lee,Sa-Reum Kim,Ji-Suk Kim et al.
Dae-Young Lee et al.
A wheel drive mechanism is simple, stable, and efficient, but its mobility in unstructured terrain is seriously limited. Using a deformable wheel is one of the ways to increase the mobility of a wheel drive robot. By changing the radius of ...
Bioinspired Robotic Fingers Based on Pneumatic Actuator and 3D Printing of Smart Material [0.03%]
基于气动执行器和智能材料的3D打印仿生机器人手指
Yang Yang,Yonghua Chen,Yingtian Li et al.
Yang Yang et al.
In this article, we have proposed a novel robotic finger design principle aimed to address two challenges in soft pneumatic grippers-the controllability of the stiffness and the controllability of the bending position. The proposed finger d...
Manuel Cestari,Daniel Sanz-Merodio,Elena Garcia
Manuel Cestari
Current commercial wearable gait exoskeletons contain joints with stiff actuators that cannot adapt to unpredictable environments. These actuators consume a significant amount of energy, and their stiffness may not be appropriate for safe h...
Toward Modular Soft Robotics: Proprioceptive Curvature Sensing and Sliding-Mode Control of Soft Bidirectional Bending Modules [0.03%]
面向模块化软体机器人：软双向弯曲模块的本体感觉曲率传感器与滑模控制方法研究
Ming Luo,Erik H Skorina,Weijia Tao et al.
Ming Luo et al.
Real-world environments are complex, unstructured, and often fragile. Soft robotics offers a solution for robots to safely interact with the environment and human coworkers, but suffers from a host of challenges in sensing and control of co...