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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Soft robotic actuator"”.
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Vision-based Proprioceptive and Force Sensing for Soft Robotic Actuator
Developing reliable control strategies for soft robots requires advances in soft robot perception. Due to their near-infinite degrees of freedom, obtaining useful sensory feedback from soft robots remains a long-standing challenge. Moreover, sensorization methods must be co-developed with more …
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Soft Bending Actuator for Body-Powered Application
Soft actuators are inherently compliant, highly dexterous, and lightweight alternatives to traditional electromechanical actuators in many robotic applications, especially human-interactive robots. This research aims to develop a soft robotic actuator that leverages body movements to mimic the …
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Computational Multi-material Inverse Design of Soft Robotic Actuators via Nonlinear Functional Optimization
The compliant nature of soft robotic actuators allows them to maneuver and interact with the environment in ways which are more adaptable and inherently safer compared to the traditional rigid body robots. However, this compliance makes it difficult to control their deformation as these actuators …
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Pneumatic ergonomic crutches
… system. The pneumatic sleeve orthosis utilized a soft pneumatic actuator, called fiber-reinforced elastomeric enclosure, coiled around the forearm and secured to the cuff. In the first study, sleeve orthosis performance was examined. Human subject testing indicated significantly improved wrist …
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RoSE Enhancement for In Vitro Simulations of Human Swallowing
… in the esophageal peristalsis. The RoSE (Robotic Soft Esophagus) addresses this gap by combining the fields of material sciences, actuation, and control technologies. The RoSE is an open loop, pneumatically controlled, compliant, and continuous soft robotic actuator designed to mimic …