3 papers
cs.RO2024
Malleable Robots: Reconfigurable Robotic Arms with Continuum Links of Variable Stiffness
Angus B. Clark, Nicolas Rojas
Through the implementation of reconfigurability to achieve flexibility and adaptation to tasks by morphology changes rather than by increasing the number of joints, malleable robot…
cs.RO2024
Stiffness-Tuneable Limb Segment with Flexible Spine for Malleable Robots
Angus B. Clark, Nicolas Rojas
Robotic arms built from stiffness-adjustable, continuously bending segments serially connected with revolute joints have the ability to change their mechanical architecture and wor…
cs.RO2024
An Origami-Inspired Variable Friction Surface for Increasing the Dexterity of Robotic Grippers
Qiujie Lu, Angus B. Clark, Matthew Shen +1
While the grasping capability of robotic grippers has shown significant development, the ability to manipulate objects within the hand is still limited. One explanation for this li…