4 papers
A Survey on Soft Robot Adaptability: Implementations, Applications, and Prospects
Zixi Chen, Di Wu, Qinghua Guan +8
Soft robots, compared to rigid robots, possess inherent advantages, including higher degrees of freedom, compliance, and enhanced safety, which have contributed to their increasing…
Control the Soft Robot Arm with its Physical Twin
Qinghua Guan, Hung Hon Cheng, Benhui Dai +1
To exploit the compliant capabilities of soft robot arms we require controller which can exploit their physical capabilities. Teleoperation, leveraging a human in the loop, is a ke…
Dexterous Three-Finger Gripper based on Offset Trimmed Helicoids (OTHs)
Qinghua Guan, Hung Hon Cheng, Josie Hughes
This study presents an innovative offset-trimmed helicoids (OTH) structure, featuring a tunable deformation center that emulates the flexibility of human fingers. This design signi…
A Versatile Neural Network Configuration Space Planning and Control Strategy for Modular Soft Robot Arms
Zixi Chen, Qinghua Guan, Josie Hughes +2
Modular soft robot arms (MSRAs) are composed of multiple modules connected in a sequence, and they can bend at different angles in various directions. This capability allows MSRAs…