Michael Wehner, Michael T. Tolley, Yiğit Mengüç, Yong-Lae Park, Annan Mozeika, Ye Ding, Cagdas Onal, Robert F. Shepherd, George M. Whitesides, and Robert J. Wood.
Pneumatic Energy Sources for Autonomous and Wearable Soft Robotics.
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This paper is an exploration of the technical requirements in soft robot wearables, specifically regarding microcompressors (energy source) and industry-ready technological developments.
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Law, T., Malle, B.F. & Scheutz, M. A Touching Connection: How Observing Robotic Touch Can Affect Human Trust in a Robot. Int J of Soc Robotics 13, 2003–2019 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00729-7
This paper studies the effect of robots touching humans to build their trust in them through “increasing perceptions of comforting intentions.”
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Y. Usui, R. Niiyama and Y. Kuniyoshi, “Anthropomorphic Face Robot having Soft Mouth Mechanism with Embedded Artificial Facial Muscles,” 2019 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), Nagoya, Japan, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/MHS48134.2019.9249338.
This paper developed a mouth with artificial robot muscles to be used in human animatronics