A recently published #OpenAccess article introduces a feedback strategy for safe soft actuator operation during control of a soft robot.
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A recent article "Interference Morphology of Free-Growing Tendrils and Application of Self-Locking Structures" is #FreeAccess through February 22, 2024: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/s…
A recent study proposes a novel design of soft artificial muscle that utilizes shape memory alloy spring actuators with pre-detwinning process.
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"A Dual-Modal Hybrid Gripper with Wide Tunable Contact Stiffness Range and High Compliance for Adaptive and Wide-Range Grasping Objects with Diverse Fragilities" is #FreeAccess through 12/31:
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"Deformation Characteristics of Three-Dimensional Spiral Soft Actuator Driven by Water Hydraulics for Underwater Manipulator" is #FreeAccess through December 31st.
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Recently published article "Squid-Inspired Powerful Untethered Soft Pumps via Magnetically Induced Phase Transitions" is #FreeAccess through December 31st.
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This article introduces a novel type of untethered soft pneumatic actuator with embedded multiple sensing capabilities. The untethered drive of the soft pneumatic actuator is achieved by near-infrared-induced liquid-gas phase transition. liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/s…
In a recently published article, authors propose octopus-inspired muscular hydrostats powered by an emerging class of artificial muscles called twisted and coiled artificial muscles.
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A recent #OpenAccess article presents a tensegrity robot inspired by the volumetric expansion of Tetraodontidae. The robot employs pneumatically actuated rigid struts to expand its global structure and produce diverse gaits.
In a recent study, piezo-wormbots were developed by automatically triggering the mechanical metamaterial-inspired soft actuator to mimic the continuous crawling of inchworms without manipulation.
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A recently published article extracts the common requirements of diverse application domains and develops a versatile compliant actuator in "A Versatile Topology-Optimized Compliant Actuator for Soft Robotic Gripper and Walking Robot".
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A recently published #OpenAccess article covers the "Characterization of Temperature and Humidity Dependence in Soft Elastomer Behavior"
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🎙️ Our CEO @fankhauser talked to @MarwaEldiwiny on the #SoftRobotics Podcast. They talked about finding a niche in the robotic field early and how #ANYmal found its market in autonomous industrial inspections.
You can listen to the full podcast here: hubs.la/Q022c16R0
A recent study presents a thermo-PAM called Thermo-PAM that relies on heating of a volume of air to produce a deformation. This allows for pneumatic actuation using only an electrical power source and thus enables pumpless pneumatic actuation.
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