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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"soft pneumatic actuators"”.
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Architectures of soft pneumatic actuators for wearable human assistive applications
… of two novel fabric-like architectures of soft pneumatic actuators known as Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosures (FREEs) and studies the implication of wearing them as sleeves around the elbow joint. The first architecture is a helical arrangement of FREEs, which is shown to …
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On the design, modeling, fabrication, and application of fiber-reinforced soft pneumatic actuators
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-14 without embargo terms
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Design and Characterization of a Pressure Controller Test Stand for Soft Pneumatic Actuator Testing
Soft pneumatic actuator design has been of interest to the soft robotics community in recent years for their potential to expand the roles of robotics systems in human-interacting medical devices and delicate manufacturing processes. Unfortunately, it is difficult to analytically predict the …
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BIOSENTERO: Bioinspired Soft Enteroscopic Robot for Facilitating Locomotion, Steering, and Intervention in the Deep Small Intestine
… challenges, we develop BIOSENTERO, a bioinspired soft enteroscopic robot, to facilitate deep small intestine procedures, which addresses challenges associated with locomotion, steering, and intervention faced by existing soft robotic systems. BIOSENTERO features a hollow-cylinder design consisting …
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Design and analysis of fiber reinforced elastomeric enclosures with application in upper arm orthosis
… Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosures (FREEs) are soft pneumatic actuators that deform in a predetermined fashion upon inflation. They are constructed using a hollow elastomeric cylinder reinforced by two families of helical fibers. This thesis analyzes the deformation behavior of FREEs by …
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A Biologically Inspired Soft-Bodied Bellows-Driven Stomach Robot: Concept, Design and Validation
… expand like biological examples. Therefore, a soft-bodied stomach robot can simulate peristaltic waves realistically and perform in-vitro simulations and experiments. Soft robotics is an emerging field that introduces promising engineering methods that replicate biological behaviours. Soft …
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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 …