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Continuous and large-scale: ELEANOR, the soft architected arm inspired by the elephant trunk
Giovanna A. Naselli, Anderson B. Nardin, Seonggun Joe +6
The elephant trunk is a dexterous and versatile manipulator whose performance is still unmatched in robotics. In previous works, modularity was prioritized and relatively small-sca…
Bidirectional Optical sensors for Actuation Tracking (BOAT) in soft lattice systems
Petr Trunin, Carolina Gay, Anderson Brazil Nardin +3
The growing adoption of lattice-based structures in soft robotics creates a need for advanced sensing solutions capable of monitoring their global deformation, particularly compres…
Monolithic Units: Actuation, Sensing, and Simulation for Integrated Soft Robot Design
Trevor Exley, Anderson Brazil Nardin, Petr Trunin +2
This work introduces the Monolithic Unit (MU), an actuator-lattice-sensor building block for soft robotics. The MU integrates pneumatic actuation, a compliant lattice envelope, and…
MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant-inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors
Petr Trunin, Diana Cafiso, Anderson Brazil Nardin +2
The elephant trunk exemplifies a natural gripper where structure, actuation, and sensing are seamlessly integrated. Inspired by the distal morphology of the African elephant trunk,…