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Growing structure based on viscous actuation of constrained multistable elements
Ezra Ben Abu, Yaron Veksler, Shai Elbaz +2
Growing soft materials which follow a 3D path in space are critical to applications such as search and rescue and minimally invasive surgery. Here, we present a concept for a singl…
Fluid-driven traveling waves in soft robots
Lior Salem, Amir D. Gat, Yizhar Or
Many marine creatures, gastropods, and earthworms generate continuous traveling waves in their bodies for locomotion within marine environments, complex surfaces, and inside narrow…
Shaping liquid films by dielectrophoresis
Israel Gabay, Federico Paratore, Evgeniy Boyko +3
We present a theoretical model and experimental demonstration of thin liquid film deformations due to a dielectric force distribution established by surface electrodes. We model th…
Understanding Legged Crawling for Soft-Robotics
Benny Gamus, Lior Salem, Amir D. Gat +1
Crawling is a common locomotion mechanism in soft robots and nonskeletal animals. In this work we propose modeling soft-robotic legged locomotion by approximating it with an equiva…
Forced motion of a cylinder within a liquid-filled elastic tube
Amit Vurgaft, Shai B. Elbaz, Amir D. Gat
This work analyzes the viscous flow and elastic deformation created by the forced axial motion of a rigid cylinder within an elastic liquid-filled tube. The examined configuration…
Single-Input Control of Multiple Fluid-Driven Elastic Actuators Via Interaction Between Bi-Stability and Viscosity
Eran Ben-Haim, Lior Salem, Yizhar Or +1
A leading concept in soft robotics actuation, as well as in microfluidics applications such as valves in lab-on-a-chip devices, is applying pressurized flow in cavities embedded wi…