Creative Soft Robotics

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,
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Sketches: Silicone heart sketches. Deciding between having two chambers, 4 chambers, etc. Could be made with a two part mode or with an open mode. Materials + Equipment: Near clear Ecoflex Silicone Low pressure hydraulic pump Water Reservoir/tank Syringe/hand pump Dyes (Red/Blue) Valves Tubes Joint Bibliography: Paper | Design and Characterization of a Miniature Hydraulic
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Design I This will hopefully be a radial tentacle thing Part Bottom Mold Top Mold note: these are sldprt files because WordPress didn’t allow stl upload referenced files Design II Results

Since it had been a while since I touched 3D softwares – I followed a tutorial and even copied a silicone model. After some practice, I created my own! I don’t have solidworks on my laptop so I used blender to make it! Based on the sketches I had last class, for the first mold,
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I made a mold for a tentacle. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XCO9WWDMAYbIDKoVfZ8EF5DDniAaOMA4/view?usp=sharing

Revised Synopsis The project idea is a swimming robotic jellyfish, that would be propelled by the motion of its body and legs contracting. The jellyfish would be mostly constructed of soft silicon materials, with either pneumatic or hydraulic actuators installed to create motion. If a pneumatic system is used, the components of the pneumatic system
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My project goal is to create an aquatic “ecosystem” with simple soft creatures which interact with each other in some passive way. Since multiple soft robots will need to be fabricated, the actuation methods for the individual robot will be simplified. Inspiration is taken from aquatic invertebrates in nature whose main resource for propulsion is
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Using soft robotics, I will explore how an audience reacts to a garment that changes color. Drawing inspiration from MIT’s Venous Materials paper, I will create a silicone mold of a glove or mitten that can fit over my hand, with a dark liquid repository in the center of the palm. Additionally, there will be
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