4 papers
Trajectory Tracking via Multiscale Continuous Attractor Networks
Therese Joseph, Tobias Fischer, Michael Milford
Animals and insects showcase remarkably robust and adept navigational abilities, up to literally circumnavigating the globe. Primary progress in robotics inspired by these natural…
A Comprehensive Dataset of Grains for Granular Jamming in Soft Robotics: Grip Strength and Shock Absorption
David Howard, Jack O'Connor, Jordan Letchford +4
We test grip strength and shock absorption properties of various granular material in granular jamming robotic components. The granular material comprises a range of natural, manuf…
The Jamming Donut: A Free-Space Gripper based on Granular Jamming
Therese Joseph, Sarah Baldwin, Lillian Guan +2
Fruit harvesting has recently experienced a shift towards soft grippers that possess compliance, adaptability, and delicacy. In this context, pneumatic grippers are popular, due to…
Getting a Grip: in Materio Evolution of Membrane Morphology for Soft Robotic Jamming Grippers
David Howard, Jack O'Connor, Jordan Letchford +5
The application of granular jamming in soft robotics is a recent and promising new technology offer exciting possibilities for creating higher performance robotic devices. Granular…