Soft actuators can be classified into five categories: tendon-driven actuators, electroactive polymers, shape-memory materials, soft fluidic actuators (SFAs), and hybrid actuators. The …
S Brooks, R Roy - Journal of Engineering Design, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Failures in high value, safety-critical, inaccessible, and productivity-critical systems is an area of significant research interest. Despite advances in predictive and continuous …
In recent years, self-healing property has getting tremendous attention in the future wearable electronic. This paper proposes a novel cut-able and highly stretchable strain sensor …
S Terryn, J Brancart, D Lefeber… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pneumatic muscles are mostly constructed out of flexible membranes and are implemented in a wide range of robotic applications. In these soft materials, perforations are often caused …
Inspired by the intrinsic softness and the corresponding embodied intelligence principles, soft pneumatic actuators (SPA) have been developed, which ensure safe interaction in …
Natural organisms have a unique property not yet available in robotics, ie, a self-healing (SH) ability. This powerful biological healing function has inspired chemists to impart similar …
B Svetozarevic, Z Nagy, J Hofer… - … on Robotics and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present SoRo-Track, a two-axis soft robotic actuator (SRA) for solar tracking and building- integrated photovoltaic applications. SRAs are gaining increasing popularity compared to …
Soft robot is a novel category of robotics made of soft materials, which has the characteristics of small stiffness and high flexibility. The movement performance and application range of …