Design and characterization of a bellows-driven soft pneumatic actuator

R Hashem, M Stommel, LK Cheng… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The soft robotics field investigates biological bodies' movements to develop soft actuation
with similar behavior seen in nature. The skeletal muscles' movements are vastly mimicked …

Soft robotics for physical simulators, artificial organs and implantable assistive devices

D Zrinscak, L Lorenzon, M Maselli… - Progress in Biomedical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, soft robotics technologies enabled the development of a new generation of
biomedical devices. The combination of elastomeric materials with tunable properties and …

A biologically inspired ring-shaped soft pneumatic actuator for large deformations

R Hashem, S Kazemi, M Stommel, LK Cheng, W Xu - Soft robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Biomimicry of the stomach's peristaltic contractions can be challenging in the design,
modeling, and control of a soft actuator. The mimicking of organ contractions advances our …

Investigation of the dispersing characteristics of antral contraction wave flow in a simplified model of the distal stomach

D Dufour, FX Tanner, KA Feigl, EJ Windhab - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The dispersing characteristics of antral contraction wave (ACW) flow in the antrum are
investigated by reproducing the flow generated by an ACW and determining its effect on …

Biomimetic Closed-Loop Control of a Novel Soft Gastric Simulator Toward Emulating Antral Contraction Waves

S Kazemi, R Hashem, M Stommel, LK Cheng, W Xu - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Soft gastric simulators are in vitro biomimetic modules that can reproduce the antral
contraction waves (ACWs). Along with providing information concerning stomach contents …

Experimental investigation into the dynamics of a radially contracting actuator with embedded sensing capability

Y Dang, H Devaraj, M Stommel, LK Cheng… - Soft robotics, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Dynamics, control, and sensing are still challenges for pneumatically actuated soft actuators.
We consider feasible solutions based on a radially contracting actuator to overcome these …