Augment Laminar Jamming Variable Stiffness Through Electroadhesion and Vacuum Actuation

C Chen, H Ren, H Wang - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Various variable stiffness mechanisms have been developed to bestow new capabilities for
the robotics community by changing the mechanical behaviors of robots. However, variable …

A mortise-tenon inspired variable stiffness finger for multi-mode gras**

H Yang, C Zhang, Y Xu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2025 - Elsevier
Variable stiffness soft robots feature low stiffness during deformation and high stiffness
during operation, making them versatile for various tasks. In this study, we propose a mortise …

A High-frequency Pneumatic Oscillator for Soft Robotics

L Li, S He, Q Qi, Y Cui, C Yan, K Jiang, S Kang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Soft robots, while highly adaptable to diverse environments through various actuation
methods, still face significant performance boundary due to the inherent properties of …

Tunable Stiffness Actuator Inspired by Muscular Hydrostat

Z Wang, L Xu, M Wang, L Ye, Z Zhang, T Wu - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Soft actuators, inspired by the muscular hydrostat motion, have advanced significantly, yet
tunable stiffness based on the stiffening mechanism of the muscular hydrostat remains …