3 accepted papers
Autonomous and mobile soft robots require internal oscillators, similar to a biological heart, to generate rhythmic motions. However, existing soft oscillators typically have fixed operational parameters and suffer from an inherent coupling between control input and power output, limiting their vers…
Soft devices employ variable stiffness to ensure safety and improve the robustness in the interaction between robots and objects. Using soft materials is one of the most popular approaches to design a variable-stiffness device, while the use of silicone sponge remains less explored in this field. He…
We present a design for an energetically autonomous artificial organism, combining two subsystems; a bio-inspired energy source and bio-inspired actuation. The work is the first demonstration of energetically autonomy in a microbial fuel cell (MFC)-powered, swimming robot taking energy from it's sur…