A Bending Pneumatic Rubber Actuator Realizing Soft-bodied Manta Swimming Robot
The paper talks about the design of a bending pneumatic rubber actuator and its application to a soft-bodied Manta swimming robot. The paper analyzes several different types of actuators in search of the characteristics to lead to an optimal actuator design
K. Suzumori, S. Endo, T. Kanda, N. Kato and H. Suzuki, “A Bending Pneumatic Rubber Actuator Realizing Soft-bodied Manta Swimming Robot,” Proceedings 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007, pp. 4975-4980 doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364246.
Development of magnet connection of modular units for soft robotics
The paper examines the modularization of soft robotics with magnet connections for modularized soft units. In the study they tested the connecting strength of the magnet connection and bending performance of a soft bending actuator assembled with the units.
J. Lee and K. Cho, “Development of magnet connection of modular units for soft robotics,” 2017 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2017, pp. 65-67 doi:10.1109/URAI.2017.7992886.
Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics
The paper examines how robotic engineers have been inspired by the way animals exploit soft structures to move effectively in complex natural environments. It explores how incorporating soft technologies can potentially reduce the mechanical and algorithmic complexity involved in robot design.
Sangbae Kim, Cecilia Laschi, Barry Trimmer,
Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics,
Trends in Biotechnology,
Volume 31, Issue 5,
2013,
Pages 287-294,
ISSN 0167-7799,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.03.002.