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cs.RO2025
PB&J: Peanut Butter and Joints for Damped Articulation
Avery S. Williamson, Michael J. Bennington, Ravesh Sukhnandan +3
Many bioinspired robots mimic the rigid articulated joint structure of the human hand for grasping tasks, but experience high-frequency mechanical perturbations that can destabiliz…
cs.RO2023
Design and Characterization of Viscoelastic McKibben Actuators with Tunable Force-Velocity Curves
Michael J. Bennington, Tuo Wang, Jiaguo Yin +3
The McKibben pneumatic artificial muscle is a commonly studied soft robotic actuator, and its quasistatic force-length properties have been well characterized and modeled. However,…