3 accepted papers
Musculoskeletal quadruped robots driven by pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) have great softness. Due to the softness, the proprioceptive information of PAMs (e.g. tension) reflects the environmental information. However, how to utilize this information for stable quadrupedal gait has been rarely…
Soft matter computers (SMCs) are promising control and computation mechanisms that do not use rigid materials. In such mechanisms, conductive droplets are used to switch the state of the voltage applied to connected loads, such as in an electric actuator. Without a complex structure, an SMC can only
There are structural challenges in increasing the softness of conventional soft tactile sensors because rigid electrical elements have to be installed around the sensing areas, which should be compressive, stretchable, and durable. To solve these issues, we propose an inductive tactile sensor whose