Jasmine and Aaron | Project Sketching and Materials

Sketches:

1. Silicone Molding Practice

2. Actuation Mechanism Testing

Materials:

Near clear Ecoflex Silicone

Ecoflex 00-30

Waterproof coating (XTC-30)

Fish tank

Mini Submersible Water Pump DC 3-6V 120L/H

Hobby Servo

Tubing

Pneumatic pumps

Hand pump

Joint Bibliography:

https://www.instructables.com/Soft-Robotic-Jellyfish/

L. Hines, K. Petersen, G. Z. Lum, and M. Sitti, “Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics,” Advanced Materials, vol. 29, no. 13, p. 1603483, 2017, doi: 10.1002/adma.201603483.

Y. Zhou, H. Jin, C. Liu, E. Dong, M. Xu and J. Yang, “A novel biomimetic jellyfish robot based on a soft and smart modular structure (SMS),” 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2016, pp. 708-713, doi: 10.1109/ROBIO.2016.7866406.