The Kresling origami spring: a review and assessment

R Masana, AS Dalaq, S Khazaaleh… - Smart Materials and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Structures inspired by the Kresling origami pattern have recently emerged as a foundation
for building functional engineering systems with versatile characteristics that target niche …

Actuation and design innovations in earthworm-inspired soft robots: A review

J Liu, P Li, S Zuo - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Currently, soft robotics technologies are creating the means of robotic abilities and are
required for the development of biomimetic robotics. In recent years, earthworm-inspired soft …

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 …

A pneumatic soft acoustic metamaterial through modular design

K Zhang, N Chen, W Zhu, J Liu - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tunable acoustic metamaterials have excellent sound waves control and manipulation
properties because of their deformations under different stimuli. Pneumatic actuation has …

Origami-inspired soft-rigid hybrid contraction actuator and its application in pipe-crawling robot

J Liu, G Ma, Z Ma, S Zuo - Smart Materials and Structures, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A vacuum-driven inclined hexagonal prism soft-rigid hybrid contraction actuator inspired by
Kresling origami pattern and with low driving pressure, high contraction ratio, and fast …

Mechanical Properties Inside Origami-Inspired Structures: An Overview

P Yan, H Huang, M Meloni, B Li… - Applied …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In recent decades, origami has transitioned from a traditional art form into a systematic field
of scientific inquiry, characterized by attributes such as high foldability, lightweight …

Jellyfish-inspired soft robot driven by pneumatic bistable actuators

S Wang, Z Qiao, Z Li, Y Zhang, A Cheng, B Zhu… - Soft …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Soft actuators offer numerous potential applications; however, challenges persist in
achieving a high driving force and fast response speed. In this work, we present the design …

Robust Grasping of a Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper in High-Speed Motion Based on Reinforcement Learning

M Zhu, J Dai, Y Feng - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Industrial robots are widely deployed to perform pick-and-place tasks at high speeds to
minimize manufacturing time and boost productivity. When dealing with delicate or fragile …

[HTML][HTML] Origami-Inspired Vacuum-Actuated Foldable Actuator Enabled Biomimetic Worm-like Soft Crawling Robot

Q Xu, K Zhang, C Ying, H Xie, J Chen, SE - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The development of a soft crawling robot (SCR) capable of quick folding and recovery has
important application value in the field of biomimetic engineering. This article proposes an …

Machine-learning-assisted soft fiber optic glove system for sign language recognition

R Zhu, D Fan, J Lin, H Feng, H Wang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sign language recognition devices are effective approaches to breaking the communication
barrier between signers and non-signers and exploring human-machine interactions …