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Passive Luminescent Bellows Mechanism
Naoto Kikuta, Issei Onda, Kazuki Abe +2
The use of robots in disaster sites has rapidly expanded, with soft robots attracting particular interest due to their flexibility and adaptability. They can navigate through narro…
Reflexive Input-Output Causality Mechanisms
Ryotaro Kayawake, Haruto Miida, Shunsuke Sano +6
This paper explores the concept of reflexive actuation, examining how robots may leverage both internal and external stimuli to trigger changes in the motion, performance, or physi…
Inflated Bendable Eversion Cantilever Mechanism with Inner Skeleton for Increased Payload Holding
Tomoya Takahashi, Masahiro Watanabe, Kenjiro Tadakuma +3
Inflatable structures used in soft robotics applications exhibit unique characteristics. In particular, the tip-extension structure, which grows from the tip, can grow without fric…
Hundred Drones Land in a Minute
Daiki Fujikura, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe +3
Currently, drone research and development has received significant attention worldwide. Particularly, delivery services employ drones as it is a viable method to improve delivery e…
Retraction Mechanism of Soft Torus Robot with a Hydrostatic Skeleton
Tomoya Takahashi, Masahiro Watanabe, Kenjiro Tadakuma +2
Soft robots have attracted much attention in recent years owing to their high adaptability. Long articulated soft robots enable diverse operations, and tip-extending robots that na…
Fire Resistance Deformable Soft Gripper Based on Wire Jamming Mechanism
Kenjiro Tadakuma, Toshiaki Fujimoto, Masahiro Watanabe +1
Able to grasp objects of any shape and size, universal grippers using variable stiffness phenomenon such as granular jamming have been developed for disaster robotics application.…