4 papers
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Mechanical Intelligence: Summary Report
Victoria A. Webster-Wood, Nicholas Gravish, Amir Alavi +37
This report provides a summary of the outcomes of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Mechanical Intelligence held in 2024. Mechanical Intelligence (MI) represents the phenomenon tha…
Soft Everting Prosthetic Hand and Comparison with Existing Body-Powered Terminal Devices
Gayoung Park, Katalin Schäffer, Margaret M. Coad
In this paper, we explore the use of a soft gripper, specifically a soft inverting-everting toroidal hydrostat, as a prosthetic hand. We present a design of the gripper integrated…
Field Insights for Portable Vine Robots in Urban Search and Rescue
Ciera McFarland, Ankush Dhawan, Riya Kumari +3
Soft, growing vine robots are well-suited for exploring cluttered, unknown environments, and are theorized to be performant during structural collapse incidents caused by earthquak…
Soft Wrist Exosuit Actuated by Fabric Pneumatic Artificial Muscles
Katalin Schäffer, Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, Margaret M. Coad
Recently, soft actuator-based exosuits have gained interest, due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, inherent safety, and low cost. We present a novel wrist exosuit actuated by…