Creative Soft Robotics

First explored shape actuation — however, the insides were not all glued together properly. We placed a deck of cards on top to ensure that it was going to stick but someone removed the deck and so the insides were all not connected and did not make the shapes we wanted. Instead, it just had
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For this iteration, I made a larger version of the same 4-legged jellyfish from part 2. However, the rim was still too thin and thus made it difficult to bond. I tried a different strategy in which I bonded the outside edge of the top piece to the inside edge of the bottom piece, which
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Design Joints Upper Arm Half Lower Arm Half Wire Retaining Disk Mold Results

This mold was designed to test a technique where the channels are achieved by dipping a texture in the mold by resting it on the top as it cures. Unfortunately, the second half of the mold misprinted and the replacement didn’t come through in time so I was only able to test one side. The
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GBHBrkWJuy-W_8jqxPoALqsAxNbfZ7rP?usp=sharing Deliverables: The part that was cast using Mold C appeared to be inflating well, but had air leakage in two locations oh its bottom face since the thickness of that part was only 1 mm and the cavities edges were very close to the face. I was successful in repairing these air leakages by
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*I have been having printing issues with my molds – so I am working with Cody and Sunjana to get it fixed. Right now, I do not have any silicone makings because of the issue, but am hoping to get them printed by Mar 4th through Sunjana’s account and re-printing through mine again.* After getting
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For this mold, I decided to experiment with creating a silicone piece that could actually be worn. This piece is designed with a wrist strap that is wrapped in a circle with the edges bonded together. The pulser is situated in the center of the palm and the wearer would press it with their thumb
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Files https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SHFikJNq-ciDY7pXxd8cyCk1bjLx0iWS/view?usp=sharing Images Changes Made: Scaled up design from previous iteration by increasing width to 50mm and length to 100mm Reduced height on top of chambers to allow for more stretching (1mm thickness) Increased number of chambers Made air passage slightly bigger to account for bigger size After using 0045 silicone with previous iteration, decided
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*I have been having printing issues with my molds – so I am working with Cody and Sunjana to get it fixed. Right now, I do not have any silicone makings because of the issue, but am hoping to get them printed by Mar 4th through Sunjana’s account and re-printing through mine again.* For Mold
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Design Full Assembly Wire Retainer Joints Silicone Arm Volume: 5176.03 mm^3 Estimated Mass (EcoFlex 00-30): 5.4g Solidworks Files zip folder: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1utghJZBrgKTksT-dKjwnOcxXw6yIsabk/view?usp=sharing STLs zip file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ur0FPme_Rb3QgO5giWpFPWsS3l0zE7w1/view?usp=sharing Results unfortunately the small segments were lost in the solvent bath, I didn’t have a working prototype. Additionally, the hole of the wire retainer piece was too small and was
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