Gillian McDonald — accepted AI-conference papers

2021

A Simple Free-Fold Test to Measure Bending Stiffness of Slender Soft Actuators

Gillian McDonald, Emmanuel Detournay, Timothy M. Kowalewski

RA-L 2021

A reliable estimate for bending stiffness is critical to many soft robot models when predicting everything from robot-environment contact to buckling resistance. Current methods for predicting actuator bending stiffness rely on highly accurate knowledge of material characteristics, which are not tri

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2017

Serially Actuated Locomotion for Soft Robots in Tube-Like Environments

Mark D. Gilbertson, Gillian McDonald, Gabriel Korinek, James D. Van de Ven, Timothy M. Kowalewski

RA-L 2017

Soft robots are able to complete tasks that traditional robots cannot, thus providing new opportunities for robots to navigate confined spaces. These tasks include pipe inspection and endoluminal surgical applications. The research objective of this letter is to present a design methodology for soft

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