6 accepted papers
Exoskeleton robots promise to enhance safety by supporting workers' back strength during heavy lifting tasks, thereby improving work efficiency and productivity. However, the components of these robots, such as exoskeletal structures, actuators, and batteries, often increase their size and weight, w
California blackworms constitute a recently identified animal system exhibiting unusual collective behaviors, in which dozens to thousands of worms entangle to form a “blob” capable of actions like locomotion as an aggregate. In this paper we describe a system of pneumatic soft robots inspired by th
Gripper hardware design often involves a trade-off between distinct and sometimes opposing goals (e.g., high grasping force vs. gentleness). To address this trade-off within a single device, we present a <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
We propose a soft robotic ankle-foot-orthosis for poststroke patients, which is inexpensive, lightweight, easy to wear, and capable of gait assistance for rehabilitation not only in the clinic but also in daily life. The device includes a 3D-printed flexible brace and an ankle support that allows na
Nowadays, the use of deep learning for the calibration of soft wearable sensors has addressed the typical drawbacks of the microfluidic soft sensors, such as hysteresis and nonlinearity. However, previous studies have not yet resolved some of the design constraints such as the sensors are needed to