5 accepted papers
Soft origami continuum robots show great potential compared with traditional rigid robots because of their hyper-redundant deformation. However, motion control of these robots remains challenging because of their nonlinear kinematics. This letter presents a method based on the multilayer perceptron
Soft continuum robots have shown tremendous potential for medical and industrial applications owing to their flexibility and continuous deformability. However, their telescopic and bending capabilities and variable stiffness are still limited. This study proposes a novel origami-inspired soft contin…
This letter reports a soft and scalable crawling robot that can actively adapt to flat planes and tubes without manual adjustment. The robot is mainly composed of a programmable origami body and two flexible electrostatic pads with a measured thickness of around 34 μm. The pad generates considerable
This letter presents a bioinspired composite finger with self-locking joints that can perform long-time and high-load (27.8 N) grasping tasks with low power consumption. Inspired by the ratchet wrench, the self-locking joint includes a ratchet mechanism to provide a large grip force for the finger t
Animals in nature, such as geckos, inchworms, and felines can climb on various surfaces using different mechanisms and serve as references for the study of bio-inspired robots. This paper presents an inchworm-inspired climbing robot that consists of soft body and feet. The soft robot is actuated by…