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A Multimodal, Enveloping Soft Gripper: Shape Conformation, Bioinspired Adhesion, and Expansion-Driven Suction
Yufei Hao, Shantonu Biswas, Elliot Hawkes +4
A key challenge in robotics is to create efficient methods for grasping objects with diverse shapes, sizes, poses, and properties. Grasping with hand-like end effectors often requi…
Retraction of Soft Growing Robots without Buckling
Margaret M. Coad, Rachel P. Thomasson, Laura H. Blumenschein +3
Tip-extending soft robots that "grow" via pneumatic eversion of their body material have demonstrated applications in exploration of cluttered environments. During growth, the moti…
Robust Navigation of a Soft Growing Robot by Exploiting Contact with the Environment
Joseph D. Greer, Laura H. Blumenschein, Ron Alterovitz +2
Navigation and motion control of a robot to a destination are tasks that have historically been performed with the assumption that contact with the environment is harmful. This mak…
Fluidic Fabric Muscle Sheets for Wearable and Soft Robotics
Mengjia Zhu, Thanh Nho Do, Elliot Hawkes +1
Conformable robotic systems are attractive for applications in which they can be used to actuate structures with large surface areas, to provide forces through wearable garments, o…
Vine Robots: Design, Teleoperation, and Deployment for Navigation and Exploration
Margaret M. Coad, Laura H. Blumenschein, Sadie Cutler +7
A new class of continuum robots has recently been explored, characterized by tip extension, significant length change, and directional control. Here, we call this class of robots "…