7 papers
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…
Snapping Actuators with Asymmetric and Sequenced Motion
Xin Li, Ye Jin, Mohsen Jafarpour +2
Snapping instabilities in soft structures offer a powerful pathway to achieve rapid and energy-efficient actuation. In this study, an eccentric dome-shaped snapping actuator is dev…
Ori-Sense: origami capacitive sensing for soft robotic applications
Hugo de Souza Oliveira, Xin Li, Mohsen Jafarpour +1
This work introduces Ori-Sense, a compliant capacitive sensor inspired by the inverted Kresling origami pattern. The device translates torsional deformation into measurable capacit…
Tendon-Driven Reciprocating and Non-Reciprocating Motion via Snapping Metabeams
Mohsen Jafarpour, Ayberk Yüksek, Shahab Eshghi +2
Snapping beams enable rapid geometric transitions through nonlinear instability, offering an efficient means of generating motion in soft robotic systems. In this study, a tendon-d…
Enhancing the quality of gauge images captured in smoke and haze scenes through deep learning
Oscar H. RamÃrez-Agudelo, Akshay N. Shewatkar, Edoardo Milana +2
Images captured in hazy and smoky environments suffer from reduced visibility, posing a challenge when monitoring infrastructures and hindering emergency services during critical s…
Proprioceptive multistable mechanical metamaterial via soft capacitive sensors
Hugo de Souza Oliveira, Niloofar Saeedzadeh Khaanghah, Martijn Oetelmans +2
The technological transition from soft machines to soft robots necessarily passes through the integration of soft electronics and sensors. This allows for the establishment of feed…