4 papers
Spring-Brake! Handed Shearing Auxetics Improve Efficiency of Hopping and Standing
Joseph Sullivan, Ian Good, Samuel A. Burden +1
Energy efficiency is critical to the success of legged robotics. Efficiency is lost through wasted energy during locomotion and standing. Including elastic elements has been shown…
Fabrication-Directed Entanglement for Designing Chiral and Anisotropic Metamaterial Foams
Daniel Revier, Jeffrey Ian Lipton
Entangled networks are fundamental in various systems, from biological structures to engineered materials. Current techniques for programming entanglement often rely on intricate c…
Bridging Hard and Soft: Mechanical Metamaterials Enable Rigid Torque Transmission in Soft Robots
Molly Carton, Jakub F. Kowalewski, Jiani Guo +4
Torque and continuous rotation are fundamental methods of actuation and manipulation in rigid robots. Soft robot arms use soft materials and structures to mimic the passive complia…
Kinematic Modeling of Handed Shearing Auxetics via Piecewise Constant Curvature
Aman Garg, Ian Good, Daniel Revier +2
Handed Shearing Auxetics (HSA) are a promising technique for making motor-driven, soft, continuum robots. Many potential applications from inspection tasks to solar tracking requir…