Creative Soft Robotics

Conference Paper | Driving Soft Robots with Low-Boiling Point Fluids This paper describes an new method of providing pressure for pneumatic soft robots through heating low-boiling point fluids with a compliant heating mechanism. It also discusses some potential applications of this method as well as the benefits and limitations of this method. Garrad, Martin, Gabor
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Source Paper: Towards a soft robotic skin for autonomous tissue palpation F. Campisano et al., “Towards a soft robotic skin for autonomous tissue palpation,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017, pp. 6150-6155, doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989729. This paper covers the use of a soft robot skin for autonomous tissue palpation, a process which
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Source paper: An untethered jumping soft robot M. T. Tolley et al., “An untethered jumping soft robot,” 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014, pp. 561-566, doi: 10.1109/IROS.2014.6942615. The paper describes the development and fabrication of a jumping soft robot, which constitutes a breakthrough since locomoting soft robots typically walk or crawl
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My starting paper was called OmniFiber: Integrated Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Weaving Movement based Interactions into the ‘Fabric of Everyday Life’. I chose this paper because I’m interested to see how pneumatics and soft robotics can be combined with textiles to create a dynamic garment, one that can, for example, change its shape. The paper
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Source Paper: Thrust force characterization of free-swimming soft robotic jellyfish. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics I started with this paper from the course bibliography. Since I’m interested in making a robotic jellyfish/octopus swimmer, I was interested in past works on this topic. The authors made 5 different soft jellyfish robots that could freely swim underwater, and compared
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Source | Fast-moving soft electronic fish My journey began with a paper from the Spring ’21 bibliography. This paper discusses the various technologies used to create a self-powered soft fish that is able to move quickly and work in various environments. Li, Tiefeng, Guorui Li, Yiming Liang, Tingyu Cheng, Jing Dai, Xuxu Yang, Bangyuan Liu,
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Source Paper: Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Analysis of a Pressure-Operated Soft Robotic Snake M. Luo, M. Agheli, and C. D. Onal, “Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Analysis of a Pressure-Operated Soft Robotic Snake,” Soft Robotics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 136–146, Jun. 2014, doi: 10.1089/soro.2013.0011. This paper was found in the Survey Paper references. It describes
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A Design and Fabrication Approach for Pneumatic Soft Robotic Arms Using 3D Printed Origami Skeletons This paper talks about the conversion of artistic origami like square spring and quadrilateral tube folding to a skeleton design that is 3D printed and used as the exoskeleton for a soft robotic arm. K. Zhang, Y. Zhu, C. Lou,
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Unfamiliar Phrases: continuum deformations, proprioceptive sensors, elastomer sensors, This paper discusses the formulation of a soft robotic tongue, using silicone rubber cured with 3D printed molds and a tongue surface reconstruction algorithm, that can simulate human tongue motion and measurement of tongue pressure against a human palate in vitro through pneumatic actuation. X. Lu, W.
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Source Paper | Skin-On Interfaces I found this paper through the course bibliography under human-robot interactions. The authors of this paper created a material that mimics the sensing properties of skin to be used for interaction in digital interfaces. Their artificial skin has similar sensitivity to human skin, detects gestures like pinching or scratching, and
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