Soft Valves: A Review of Structures, Materials, and Modeling

F Han, Q Li, H Xiong, C He, H Zhao… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have been advancing rapidly, but their control is still limited by rigid control
elements. Soft valves offer a solution to this problem by enabling soft robots to no longer rely …

A low-voltage electro-ionic soft actuator based on graphene nanoplatelets-sulfonated cellulose nanowhisker combined with microfibrillated cellulose

F Wang, L Wang, Z Wu, W Wang - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
Low-voltage soft actuators with large displacement, long actuation durability, and fast
response time have aroused great attention in soft robotics, wearable devices, haptic …

Viscoelastic properties of electro-rheological fluids containing ion-conductive polyurethane particles under electric field

S Ishii, H Takahashi, Y Sakai - Smart Materials and Structures, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
A non-hydrous electro-rheological fluid (ERF) containing polyurethane (PU) particles with
electrolytes and automotive dampers utilizing it have been developed. In this study, we …

An origami-inspired negative pressure folding actuator coupling hardness with softness

Z Shao, W Zhao, Z Zuo, J Li, IM Chen - Actuators, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soft actuators have a high potential for the creative design of flexible robots and safe human–
robot interaction. So far, significant progress has been made in soft actuators' flexibility …

A High Power Pneumatic Micropump Using Micro Sheet Valves

T Kubo, K Yoshida, J Kim - 2023 26th International Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For pneumatic microsystems, a high power pneumatic micropump using micro sheet valves
(MSVs) was proposed and developed. MSV is a check valve using a floating circular sheet …

交流圧力源を用いたER マイクロアクチュエータシステム

吉田和弘 - フルードパワーシステム, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
東京工業大学科学技術創成研究院未来産業技術研究所〒 226-8503 横浜市緑区長津田町 4259-
R2-42 E-mail: yoshida@ pi. titech. ac. jp 1989 年東京工業大学大学院博士課程修了 …

粒子分散系ERF を用いた高機能交流圧力源システムに関する研究

早川佳範, 吉田和弘, 金俊完 - 年次大会2022, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 For power microrobots that perform power-needed tasks in narrow spaces, we have
proposed an alternating pressure system using ER valves. The ER valve controls an ERF …

[引用][C] Flexible ER microvalve (FERV)

K Yoshida, JW Kim - yoshida-www.pi.titech.ac.jp
Flexible ER microvalves (FERVs) have been proposed and developed. The FERV controls
ERF flow by changing its apparent viscosity due to the applied electric field. The FERV have …