2024
SoftSling: A Soft Robotic Arm Control Strategy to Throw Objects With Circular Run-Ups
Diego Bianchi, Giulia Campinoti, Costanza Comitini, Cecilia Laschi, Alessandro Rizzo, Angelo Maria Sabatini +1
RA-L 2024
In this letter, we present SoftSling, a soft robot control strategy designed for accurately throwing objects following circular run-ups. SoftSling draws inspiration from ancient slingers, who rotated a sling loaded with a projectile at high speeds to fight and hunt, releasing the object by letting g