3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Toggling stiffness via multistability
Hugo de Souza Oliveira, Michele Curatolo, Renate Sachse +1
Variable stiffness is a key capability in biological and robotic systems, enabling adaptive interaction across tasks and environments. Mechanical metamaterials offer an alternative…
cs.RO2025
Model to Model: Understanding the Venus Flytrap Snapping Mechanism and Transferring it to a 3D-printed Bistable Soft Robotic Demonstrator
Maartje H. M. Wermelink, Renate Sachse, Sebastian Kruppert +2
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) does not only serve as the textbook model for a carnivorous plant, but also has long intrigued both botanists and engineers with its rapidly c…
cs.CE2024
Constitutive Models for Active Skeletal Muscle: Review, Comparison, and Application in a Novel Continuum Shoulder Model
Laura Engelhardt, Renate Sachse, Rainer Burgkart +1
The shoulder joint is one of the functionally and anatomically most sophisticated articular systems in the human body. Both complex movement patterns and the stabilization of the h…