A soft body as a reservoir: case studies in a dynamic model of octopus-inspired soft robotic arm

K Nakajima, H Hauser, R Kang… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The behaviors of the animals or embodied agents are characterized by the dynamic
coupling between the brain, the body, and the environment. This implies that control, which …

Computing with a muscular-hydrostat system

K Nakajima, H Hauser, R Kang… - … on robotics and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Octopus arms, as well as elephant trunks, squid tentacles, and vertebrate tongues are
termed muscular-hydrostats. In such structures, the volume of the organ remains constant …

Design of a soft crawling robot with turning function

J Liu, W Hong, L **e - … Conference on Real-time Computing and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robot made of soft materials can change its shape and size in different environment and
it has excellent environmental adaptability and motion stability. The research presents a …