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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"soft manipulator"”.
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Jacobian-based control of soft robots for manipulation using implicit surface models
Soft robot hands offer numerous advantages over rigid ones for manipulation, including robustness and safety. Yet, compared to rigid robots, soft robots are characterized by continuous mechanics, and finite-element approximations with many degrees of freedom present a significant obstacle for …
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Design and characterization of soft continuum manipulators using fiber reinforced actuators
Soft robots attain their mobility through the deformation of stretchable skins, fibers, tendons, and pressurized fluids. Their recent popularity is a result of their attributes, such as adaptability, safe human interaction, cost-effectiveness in manufacturing, and deployment. As a result, they find …
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Compliant, Large-Strain, and Self-Sensing Twisted String Actuators with Applications to Soft Robots
… hold the potential to improve the performance of soft robots. Currently, it is challenging to realize high-performance soft robots because many existing soft or compliant actuators exhibit limitations such as fabrication complexity, high power consumption, slow actuation, or low force generation. …
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Grasping Static and Moving Targets with a Soft Drone: Control and Prediction
… of grasping static and moving targets with a Soft Drone, which is a quadrotor platform where the landing gear is replaced with a soft manipulator. Whereas traditional rigid aerial manipulators are intolerant to positioning errors and susceptible to large contact forces, the Soft Drone …
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Design, fabrication, and control of soft robots with fluidic elastomer actuators
… autonomous robotic systems can be created with soft elastomer bodies powered by fluids. In this thesis we innovate in the design, fabrication, control, and experimental validation of both single and multi-segment soft fluidic elastomer robots. First, this thesis describes an autonomous fluidic …
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Design, Manufacturing, and Control of Soft and Soft/Rigid Hybrid Pneumatic Robotic Systems
Soft robotic systems have recently been considered as a new approach that is in principle better suited for tasks where safety and adaptability are important. That is because soft materials are inherently compliant and resilient in the event of collisions. They are also lightweight and can be …