5 papers
ZipFold: Modular Actuators for Scaleable Adaptive Robots
Niklas Hagemann, Daniela Rus
There is a growing need for robots that can change their shape, size and mechanical properties to adapt to evolving tasks and environments. However, current shape-changing systems…
Shape Control of a Planar Hyper-Redundant Robot via Hybrid Kinematics-Informed and Learning-based Approach
Yuli Song, Wenbo Li, Wenci Xin +3
Hyper-redundant robots offer high dexterity, making them good at operating in confined and unstructured environments. To extend the reachable workspace, we built a multi-segment fl…
Printed helicoids with embedded air channels make sensorized segments for soft continuum robots
Annan Zhang, Hanna Matusik, Miguel Flores-Acton +3
Soft robots enable safe, adaptive interaction with complex environments but remain difficult to sense and control due to their highly deformable structures. Architected soft materi…
Adaptive and Multi-object Grasping via Deformable Origami Modules
Peiyi Wang, Paul A. M. Lefeuvre, Shangwei Zou +3
Soft robotics gripper have shown great promise in handling fragile and geometrically complex objects. However, most existing solutions rely on bulky actuators, complex control stra…
Fluidically Innervated Lattices Make Versatile and Durable Tactile Sensors
Annan Zhang, Miguel Flores-Acton, Andy Yu +3
Tactile sensing plays a fundamental role in enabling robots to navigate dynamic and unstructured environments, particularly in applications such as delicate object manipulation, su…