Ryohei Michikawa

A New Design of Multilayered String Jamming Mechanism with Three-Degree-of-Freedom

A robot must exhibit softness so as not to accidentally damage its environment. However, stiffness is also necessary, so that the robot can transmit forces and perform tasks. In soft robotics, it is desirable to be able to switch between two states, namely a flexible state for adapt ion to the envir…