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TO-SoFiT: Topology Optimization of Hydraulic Soft Fish Tail Design for programmable undulating locomotion
A Padmaprabhan, Amal Shaji, Prabhat Kumar
Soft robots leverage compliant materials to generate motion through controlled elastic deformation, making them ideal for delicate tasks such as underwater exploration and biomimet…
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TiBCLaG: Hybrid design approach for a trigger-induced bistable compliant laparoscopic grasper
Joel J Nellikkunnel, Prabhat Kumar
Industrial laparoscopic graspers rely on multi-link rigid mechanisms manufactured to tight tolerances, resulting in high manufacturing and assembly costs. This work presents the de…