Customizable three-dimensional-printed origami soft robotic joint with effective behavior shaping for safe interactions

J Yi, X Chen, C Song, J Zhou, Y Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fast-growing interests in safe and effective robot-environment interactions stimulated global
investigations on soft robotics. The inherent compliance of soft robots ensures promising …

Bioinspired rigid-soft hybrid origami actuator with controllable versatile motion and variable stiffness

Z Zhang, G Chen, Y Xun, Y Long… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are made of soft materials that facilitate safe
interaction and adaptability. In positioning and loading tasks, however, SPAs demonstrate …

A six degrees-of-freedom soft robotic joint with tilt-arranged origami actuator

S Liu, J Liu, K Zou, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Soft manipulators attract increasing interest in robotic applications involving the unstructured
environment and human-robot interaction. The majority of the soft manipulator with fluidic …

Harnessing the multistability of kresling origami for reconfigurable articulation in soft robotic arms

J Kaufmann, P Bhovad, S Li - Soft Robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
This study examines a biology-inspired approach of using reconfigurable articulation to
reduce the control requirement for soft robotic arms. We construct a robotic arm by …

Hybrid hard-soft robotic joint and robotic arm based on pneumatic origami chambers

N Oh, H Lee, J Shin, Y Choi, KJ Cho… - IEEE/ASME …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotic arms are actively being researched due to their high potential, but they still face
challenges in terms of controllability due to their infinite degrees of freedom (DOFs). Hybrid …

Modular origami soft robot with the perception of interaction force and body configuration

J Huang, J Zhou, Z Wang, J Law, H Cao… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bio‐inspired soft robots provide a promising solution for robots working in human‐centered
scenarios and interacting with unstructured environments. However, the functional versatility …

Modular soft robot with origami skin for versatile applications

T Jin, T Wang, Q Xiong, Y Tian, L Li, Q Zhang… - Soft robotics, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Recent advances in soft robotics demonstrate the requirement of modular actuation to
enable the rapid replacement of actuators for maintenance and functionality extension …

Grasp mode and compliance control of an underactuated origami gripper using adjustable stiffness joints

A Firouzeh, J Paik - Ieee/asme Transactions on Mechatronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Every robotic gripper requires an equilibrated solution towards the grasp adaptability,
precision, and load-bearing capacity. A versatile soft robotic gripper requires adjustable …

A portable three-degrees-of-freedom force feedback origami robot for human–robot interactions

S Mintchev, M Salerno, A Cherpillod… - Nature Machine …, 2019 - nature.com
Haptic interfaces can recreate the experience of touch and are necessary to improve human–
robot interactions. However, at present, haptic interfaces are either electromechanical …

3d-printed origami actuators for a multianimal-inspired soft robot with amphibious locomotion and tongue hunting

Y Yang, Y Xie, J Liu, Y Li, F Chen - Soft robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The field of soft robotics is rapidly evolving, and there is a growing interest in developing soft
robots with bioinspired features for use in various applications. This research presented the …