Twisting tubes as soft robotic valves

Y Wang, Y Liu, K Luo, Q Tian, H Hu - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Soft materials and structures have been blooming with utmost popularity, showing great
potential as soft machines for delicate design and new application. Among them, the simple …

Soft robotics in medical applications

ZTH Tse, Y Chen, S Hovet, H Ren, K Cleary… - Journal of Medical …, 2018‏ - World Scientific
Soft robotics are robotic systems made of materials that are similar in softness to human soft
tissues. Recent medical soft robot designs, including rehabilitation, surgical, and diagnostic …

A soft robotic balloon endoscope for airway procedures

Y Li, J Peine, M Mencattelli, J Wang, J Ha… - Soft Robotics, 2022‏ - liebertpub.com
Soft robots can provide advantages for medical interventions given their low cost and their
ability to change shape and safely apply forces to tissue. This article explores the potential …

New mobile pressure control system for pneumatic actuators, using reversible chemical reactions of water

K Suzumori, A Wada, S Wakimoto - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Recently, the need for mobile gas sources and portable gas controllers that are silent and
have high efficiency for pneumatic actuators has become important. Conventional air …

Design, characterization, and manufacturing of circular bellows pneumatic soft actuator

T Rehman, AAM Faudzi, DEO Dewi… - The International Journal of …, 2017‏ - Springer
In the present study, the performance of silicone rubber-based bellows-structured pneumatic
actuator was analyzed in terms of output bending motion and bending force with relation to …

Fluid-driven traveling waves in soft robots

L Salem, AD Gat, Y Or - Soft Robotics, 2022‏ - liebertpub.com
Many marine creatures, gastropods, and earthworms generate continuous traveling waves
in their bodies for locomotion within marine environments, complex surfaces, and inside …

Tip growing actuator with the hose-like structure aiming for inspection on narrow terrain

H Tsukagoshi, N Arai, I Kiryu, A Kitagawa - International Journal of …, 2011‏ - cir.nii.ac.jp
抄録< jats: p> This paper proposes a flexible hose-like fluid actuator to inspect narrow
curved or bumpy terrain. The tip alone moves forward and the rest remains stationary …

3-D finite-element analysis of fiber-reinforced soft bending actuator for finger flexion

INAM Nordin, MRM Razif, E Natarajan… - 2013 IEEE/ASME …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Towards the development of a safe, small, lightweight and human-friendly finger
exoskeleton, device made from high elasticity material driven by pneumatic source; or …

Untethered three-arm pneumatic robot using hose-free pneumatic actuator

T Kitamori, A Wada, H Nabae… - 2016 IEEE/RSJ …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Compressors and air hoses limit the mobility of mobile robots and the use of pneumatic
actuators such that small pneumatic actuators, which can be driven without compressors …

Modular continuum robotic endoscope design and path planning

Y Chen, J Liang, IW Hunter - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic endoscopes have the potential to help endoscopists position tools during
procedures, to propel the endoscope to the desired position, to automate functions and to …