Advanced Flexible Sensing Technologies for Soft Robots

J Qu, G Cui, Z Li, S Fang, X Zhang, A Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have recently attracted increasing interest due to their advantages in durability,
flexibility, and deformability, which enable them to adapt to unstructured environments and …

Programmable inflatable origami

SPM Babu, R Das, B Mazzolai… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Origami is a practical approach for develo** soft robots and deployable structures. If the
folding and stiffness are actively adjustable, we can program the motion of the resulting …

Inherently integrated microfiber-based flexible proprioceptive sensor for feedback-controlled soft actuators

H Kim, H Na, S Noh, S Chang, J Kim, T Kong… - npj Flexible …, 2024 - nature.com
For the accurate and continuous control of soft actuators in dynamic environments, the
movements of the soft actuators must be monitored in real-time. To this end, various soft …

3D printing of soft fluidic actuators with graded porosity

N Willemstein, H van der Kooij, A Sadeghi - Soft matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
New additive manufacturing methods are needed to realize more complex soft robots. One
example is soft fluidic robotics, which exploits fluidic power and stiffness gradients. Porous …

3D‐Printed Soft Proprioceptive Graded Porous Actuators with Strain Estimation by System Identification

N Willemstein, H van der Kooij… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Integration of both actuation and proprioception into the robot body leads to a single
integrated system that can deform and sense. Within this work, liquid rope coiling is used to …

Intelligent Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators with High Mechanical Strength, Self‐Sensing, and Automatic Control

J Min, Z Wu, W Zhang, Y Liu… - Advanced Sensor …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐sensing liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) actuators with integration of sensing and
actuating have attracted significant attention in health monitoring and physical rehabilitation …

Self‐Sensing Artificial‐Muscle‐Empowered Humanlike Perception, Interaction, and Positioning

H Wu, C Li, Y Wang, Z Wang, Y Peng… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired soft and hybrid robots provide a promising solution to develo** robots that can
interact and collaborate with humans safely and effectively. Bellow‐like pneumatic artificial …

AI-Infused Soft Fluidic Tactile Sensing

A Goshtasbi, SPM Babu, R Moreira… - 2024 IEEE 7th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft tactile sensors can transform how robots interact with humans and their intricate
environments, making such encounters more efficient and safely intimate. However, existing …

3D Printed Proprioceptive Soft Fluidic Actuators with Graded Porosity

N Willemstein, H van der Kooij, A Sadeghi - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Integration of both actuation and proprioception into the robot body would provide actuation
and sensing in a single integrated system. Within this work, a manufacturing approach for …

3D Printed Graded Porous Sensors for Soft Sensorized Insoles with Gait Phase & Ground Reaction Forces Estimation

N Willemstein, S Sridar, H van der Kooij… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Sensorized insoles provide a tool to perform gait studies and health monitoring during daily
life. These sensorized insoles need to be comfortable and lightweight to be accepted …