Stiffening in soft robotics: A review of the state of the art

M Manti, V Cacucciolo… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The need for building robots with soft materials emerged recently from considerations of the
limitations of service robots in negotiating natural environments, from observation of the role …

Principles and methods for stiffness modulation in soft robot design and development

Y Yang, Y Li, Y Chen - Bio-Design and Manufacturing, 2018‏ - Springer
Compared to traditional rigid robots, soft robots, primarily made of deformable, or less rigid
materials, have good adaptability, conformability and safety in interacting with the …

Roadmap on soft robotics: multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders

B Mazzolai, A Mondini, E Del Dottore… - Multifunctional …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Soft robotics aims at creating systems with improved performance of movement and
adaptability in unknown, challenging, environments and with higher level of safety during …

A soft modular manipulator for minimally invasive surgery: design and characterization of a single module

T Ranzani, M Cianchetti, G Gerboni… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the concept design of a modular soft manipulator for minimally invasive
surgery. Unlike traditional surgical manipulators based on metallic steerable needles …

Tendon-driven jamming mechanism for configurable variable stiffness

J Choi, DY Lee, JH Eo, YJ Park, KJ Cho - Soft Robotics, 2021‏ - liebertpub.com
Stiffness transition of a soft continuum body is an essential feature for dexterous interaction
with an unstructured environment. Softness ensures safe interaction, whereas rigidness …

The design and mathematical model of a novel variable stiffness extensor-contractor pneumatic artificial muscle

H Al-Fahaam, S Nefti-Meziani, T Theodoridis, S Davis - Soft robotics, 2018‏ - liebertpub.com
This article presents the design of a novel extensor-contractor pneumatic artificial muscle
(ECPAM). This new actuator has numerous advantages over traditional pneumatic artificial …

Soft-amphibious robot using thin and soft McKibben actuator

AAM Faudzi, MRM Razif, G Endo… - 2017 IEEE …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a quadruped soft-amphibious robot using 4.0 mm diameter thin and
soft McKibben actuator. The robot utilizes its leg and body bending mechanism to locomote …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-curvature, variable stiffness soft gripper for enhanced gras** operations

EJ Song, JS Lee, H Moon, HR Choi, JC Koo - Actuators, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
For soft grippers to be applied in atypical industrial environments, they must conform to an
object's exterior shape and momentarily change their stiffness. However, many of the …

A lobster-inspired bending module for compliant robotic applications

Y Chen, H Chung, B Chen, Y Sun - Bioinspiration & …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Ideally, robots may be designed to adapt to different tasks such as heavy lifting and handling
delicate objects, in which the requirements in force compliance and position accuracy vary …

Design and control of a novel variable stiffness soft arm

L Hao, C **ang, ME Giannaccini, H Cheng… - Advanced …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Soft robot arms possess such characteristics as light weight, simple structure and good
adaptability to the environment, among others. On the other hand, robust control of soft robot …