8 papers
Soft Pneumatic Grippers: Topology optimization, 3D-printing and Experimental validation
Prabhat Kumar, Chandra Prakash, Josh Pinskier +2
Typically, heuristic/trial-based approaches are used to design soft pneumatic grippers (SPGs). This paper presents a systematic topology optimization framework for developing SPGs.…
SimTO: A two-stage, simulation-driven topology optimization framework for bespoke soft robotic grippers
Kurt Enkera, Josh Pinskier, Marcus Gallagher +1
Soft robotic grippers are essential for grasping delicate, geometrically complex objects in manufacturing, healthcare and agriculture. However, existing designs struggle to grasp f…
Grasp Synthesis Matching From Rigid To Soft Robot Grippers Using Conditional Flow Matching
Tanisha Parulekar, Ge Shi, Josh Pinskier +2
A representation gap exists between grasp synthesis for rigid and soft grippers. Anygrasp [1] and many other grasp synthesis methods are designed for rigid parallel grippers, and a…
ReefFlex: A Generative Design Framework for Soft Robotic Grasping of Organic and Fragile objects
Josh Pinskier, Sarah Baldwin, Stephen Rodan +1
Climate change, invasive species and human activities are currently damaging the world's coral reefs at unprecedented rates, threatening their vast biodiversity and fisheries, and…
Programmable Telescopic Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Deployable and Shape Morphing Soft Robots
Joel Kemp, Andre Farinha, David Howard +2
Soft Robotics presents a rich canvas for free-form and continuum devices capable of exerting forces in any direction and transforming between arbitrary configurations. However, the…
3D Printable Soft Liquid Metal Sensors for Delicate Manipulation Tasks
Lois Liow, Jonty Milford, Emre Uygun +4
Robotics and automation are key enablers to increase throughput in ongoing conservation efforts across various threatened ecosystems. Cataloguing, digitisation, husbandry, and simi…