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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…
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…
Meta-Ori: monolithic meta-origami for nonlinear inflatable soft actuators
Hugo de Souza Oliveira, Xin Li, Johannes Frey +1
The nonlinear mechanical response of soft materials and slender structures is purposefully harnessed to program functions by design in soft robotic actuators, such as sequencing, a…