Creative Soft Robotics

My inspiration for this mold is a single piece of a sea anemone. My original goal for this mold was to create a cylindrical shape with a rounded top, but upon reflection, I realized that I needed a flat side to my mold, otherwise it would not cast properly. I had a few troubles when
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By Leah Walko The inspiration for this mold was some sort of twig or leaf-like thing. The goal was to make it long and straight as a test run before making the official mold design for our project – which is inspired by a sea anemone. As it’s my first mold, I went very simple
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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/12/researchers-develop-soft-valves-to-make-entirely-soft-robots/ Based on a gripper design from various sources, this actuator translates pneumatic pressure to a gripping force. Utilizing two different thicknesses of silicon on the top and bottom of the actuator, it is able to bend its “fingers” inwards. The link to the files is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0tVN18X5IG1vFOcGbd8nepZ__HgYM8n/view?usp=share_link

Xiaofan and I designed a mold for an inflation-actuated silicone finger. The part is able to bend at two joints, and is made by combining two silicone parts which each have a mold set. Here are some graphics of the silicone part we designed: Here is the link to a Google Drive folder containing a
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Aditti and I are choosing to focus on animating plants. We each worked on different mold designs that could be useful in mimicking open and close movements. My inspiration for my part came from the Therms-Up! paper I found a while ago where the researchers used a 3D printer to weld plastic. I looked at
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Starting paper: Y. Liu, X. Huang, H. Pan, S. Li and P. Li, “Design of a Spiny Foot with Fluid-filled Sacs for Climbing Robots,” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR), Xining, China, 2021, pp. 336-340, doi: 10.1109/RCAR52367.2021.9517486. Root: P. Glick, S. A. Suresh, D. Ruffatto, M. Cutkosky, M. T. Tolley and
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IEEE: P. Glick, S. A. Suresh, D. Ruffatto, M. Cutkosky, M. T. Tolley and A. Parness, “A Soft Robotic Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Adhesive,” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 903-910, April 2018, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2018.2792688. This paper covers a gripper that uses a specific kind of polymer that creates adhesion with
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Artistic Intent: The intent is to slow individuals of bustling New York to stop and pay attention to their environment and specifically the flower instillation. It’s interactive so people can also play and experiment with the movement of the flowers and experience its “choreography.” New Intent with Soft Tech: Since this installation is inspired so
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Intention of the work: The intention of this work is to bring attention to the climate crisis, specifically criticizing the lack of responsiveness that many people have. Within any of our lifetimes, millions of acres of land will be underwater, including parts of New York City and dozens of other major cities. The piece is
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Silent Evolution by Jason deCaires Taylor https://urth.co/magazine/the-underwater-art-installations-preserving-our-marine-life Expression and Intention The artist is seeking to use underwater art installations to double as artificial reefs. The sculptures submerged in the ocean all seem to have a common theme that echoes back to the lives of humans. They portray events such as the financial crash of 2008,
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