Day 4: (Mon Jan 27, Week 3) Peer Review

Notes for 2025-01-27.

New Assignments

• Due before next class: Exercise: Art and Design Inspirations. Please submit to Exercise 4 Shared Folder.

Administrative

1. Please follow through on laser cutter qualification (IDeATe Laser Cutters).

2. IDeATe is organizing a fire extinguisher training session in Hunt A4 at 1PM on Thursday January 30.

Agenda

1. Review of peer review exercise (about 10 minutes per paper)

   • Why did you pick it?

   • What can we learn from this paper?

   • Summary of judgement?

2. Quick looks

   • https://www.thinksrs.com/products/ps300.html

   • https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/xp-power/Q30-5/5873637

   • typical neon sign supply

   • https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/

   • https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-360

   • https://www.osaka-asahi.com/toriatsukaisyouhin/t1.html

   • https://softroboticstoolkit.com/home

   • https://www.opencontinuumrobotics.com/

   • https://www.sofa-framework.org/about/features/

3. Mid-class break.
   
   

4. Discussion of Art and Design Literature

   • Art Literature

   • Bibliography of Soft Art (S25)

   • S24 course art bibliography

   • Related Work Videos

Exercise 3 Bibliography

• [R80] J. Shintake, H. Shea, and D. Floreano, “Biomimetic underwater robots based on dielectric elastomer actuators,” in 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Oct. 2016, pp. 4957–4962. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2016.7759728.

• [R86] Y. Tang, L. Qin, X. Li, C.-M. Chew, and J. Zhu, “A frog-inspired swimming robot based on dielectric elastomer actuators,” in 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sep. 2017, pp. 2403–2408. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2017.8206054.

• [R83] D. Sofronova and R. A. Angelova, “Embedding Sensors by E-embroidery: Practical Steps for Smart Textiles Production,” in 2021 6th International Symposium on Environment-Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA), Mar. 2021, pp. 1–5. doi: 10.1109/EFEA49713.2021.9406219.

• [R26] T. Hirose, S. Kitagawa, S. Hasegawa, Y. Kakiuchi, K. Okada, and M. Inaba, “Waterproof Soft Robot Hand with Variable Stiffness Wire-driven Finger Mechanism Using Low Melting Point Alloy for Contact Pressure Distribution and Concentration,” in 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Apr. 2022, pp. 109–116. doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762208.

• [R88] C. B. Teeple, J. Werfel, and R. J. Wood, “Multi-Dimensional Compliance of Soft Grippers Enables Gentle Interaction with Thin, Flexible Objects,” in 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2022, pp. 728–734. doi: 10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9812324.

• [R25] G. Hiramandala et al., “Design and Additive Manufacturing of a Hedgehog-Inspired Soft Robot Companion,” in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Apr. 2023, pp. 1–7. doi: 10.1109/RoboSoft55895.2023.10121945.

• [R48] R. Ma, J. Peng, P. Yu, and N. Zhao, “Biomimetic Design and Kinematic Analysis of a Rope-Driven Soft Robotic Arm,” in 2024 9th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robotics Engineering (CACRE), Jul. 2024, pp. 209–213. doi: 10.1109/CACRE62362.2024.10635043.

• [R60] H. Mor, T. Yu, K. Nakagaki, B. H. Miller, Y. Jia, and H. Ishii, “Venous Materials: Towards Interactive Fluidic Mechanisms,” in Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu HI USA: ACM, Apr. 2020, pp. 1–14. doi: 10.1145/3313831.3376129.