5 papers
A Nonvolatile Switchable-polarity EPM Valve
Bingchao Wang, Jonah Mack, Francesco Giorgio-Serchi +1
Scalable control of pneumatic and fluidic networks remains fundamentally constrained by architectures that require continuous power input, dense external control hardware, and fixe…
Learning-enhanced electronic skin for tactile sensing on deformable surface based on electrical impedance tomography
Huazhi Dong, Xiaopeng Wu, Delin Hu +3
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)-based tactile sensors offer cost-effective and scalable solutions for robotic sensing, especially promising for soft robots. However a major i…
Data-efficient Tactile Sensing with Electrical Impedance Tomography
Huazhi Dong, Ronald B. Liu, Leo Micklem +3
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)-inspired tactile sensors are gaining attention in robotic tactile sensing due to their cost-effectiveness, safety, and scalability with sparse…
Closed-Loop Control and Disturbance Mitigation of an Underwater Multi-Segment Continuum Manipulator
Kyle L. Walker, Hsing-Yu Chen, Alix J. Partridge +3
The use of soft and compliant manipulators in marine environments represents a promising paradigm shift for subsea inspection, with devices better suited to tasks owing to their ab…
A Modular, Tendon Driven Variable Stiffness Manipulator with Internal Routing for Improved Stability and Increased Payload Capacity
Kyle L. Walker, Alix J. Partridge, Hsing-Yu Chen +5
Stability and reliable operation under a spectrum of environmental conditions is still an open challenge for soft and continuum style manipulators. The inability to carry sufficien…