A Dual-Modal Hybrid Gripper with Wide Tunable Contact Stiffness Range and High Compliance for Adaptive and Wide-Range Grasping Objects with Diverse …

J Zhu, H Chen, Z Chai, H Ding, Z Wu - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The difficulties of traditional rigid/soft grippers in meeting the increasing performance
expectations (eg, high grasping adaptability and wide graspable objects range) of a single …

A Strong Underwater Soft Manipulator with Planarly-bundled Actuators and Accurate Position Control

K Tang, C Lu, Y Chen, Y Xiao, S Wu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotic manipulators have inherent advantages in underwater applications, as they
generate motion by deforming seamless muscles rather than having rotational joints or …

Modeling, optimization, and control of a variable stiffness pneumatic rotary joint with soft-rigid hybrid twisting modules

Z Jiang, K Zhang - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2025 - Elsevier
Soft actuators have seen significant advancements in recent years, driven by their potential
for adaptive and safe actuation in various applications. However, soft pneumatic actuators …

Development of a Pneumatically Actuated Quadruped Robot Using Soft–Rigid Hybrid Rotary Joints

Z Jiang, Y Wang, K Zhang - Robotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Inspired by musculoskeletal systems in nature, this paper presents a pneumatically actuated
quadruped robot which utilizes two soft–rigid hybrid rotary joints in each of the four two …

Force analysis of a soft-rigid hybrid pneumatic actuator and its application in a bipedal inchworm robot

Z Jiang, K Zhang - Robotica, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper systematically investigates a soft-rigid hybrid pneumatic actuator (SRHPA), which
consists of a rigid-foldable twisting skeleton capable of a large range of helical motion and a …

A Variable Stiffness Continuum Parallel Manipulator With 3D Printed Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

Z Jiang, C Liu, K Zhang - … and Information in …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a variable stiffness continuum parallel manipulator (VSCPM) with 3D
printed pneumatic artificial muscles, which is inspired by parallel mechanisms and soft …

[PDF][PDF] 一种基于柔性腿部与主动腰部的仿猫四足机器人设计方法

李江天, 滕鹏, 宋玉旺, 吴硕, 张致豪, 孟非 - 科学技术与工程, 2023 - stae.com.cn
摘要目前大多数四足机器人以刚性腿部结构设计而成, 部分机器人加入了单一自由度的腰部实现
单方向的运动, 但是总的来说都难以实现动物腿部肌肉, 腰, 脊椎关节的柔性运动. 在四足动物中 …