Abstract: Soft robotic systems are known for their flexibility and adaptability, but traditional physics-based models struggle to capture their complex, nonlinear behaviors. This study explores a data-driven approach to modeling the volume–flow–pressure relationship in hydraulic soft actuators, focusing on low-complexity models with high accuracy. We perform regression … [Read more...] about Simplifying Data-Driven Modeling of the Volume–Flow–Pressure Relationship in Hydraulic Soft Robotic Actuators: A Practical and Balanced Solution
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Simplifying Data-Driven Modeling of the Volume–Flow–Pressure Relationship in Hydraulic Soft Robotic Actuators: A Practical and Balanced Solution
Abstract: Soft robotic systems are known for their flexibility and adaptability, but traditional physics-based models struggle to capture their complex, nonlinear behaviors. This study explores a data-driven approach to modeling the volume–flow–pressure relationship in hydraulic soft actuators, focusing on low-complexity models with high accuracy. We perform regression … [Read more...] about Simplifying Data-Driven Modeling of the Volume–Flow–Pressure Relationship in Hydraulic Soft Robotic Actuators: A Practical and Balanced Solution
Finite Element Analysis-Based Soft Robotic Modeling: Simulating a Soft Actuator in SOFA
Soft robotics modeling is a research topic that is evolving fast. Many techniques are present in literature, but most of them require analytical models with a lot of equations that are time consuming, hard to resolve, and not so easy to handle. For this reason, the help of a soft mechanics simulator is essential in this field. This article presents a tutorial on how to build a … [Read more...] about Finite Element Analysis-Based Soft Robotic Modeling: Simulating a Soft Actuator in SOFA
SoRoSim: A MATLAB Toolbox for Hybrid Rigid
Soft robotics has been a trending topic within the robotics community for almost two decades. However, available tools for the modeling and analysis of soft robots are still limited. This article introduces a user-friendly MATLAB toolbox, Soft Robot Simulator (SoRoSim), that integrates the geometric variable-strain (GVS) model of Cosserat rods to facilitate the static and … [Read more...] about SoRoSim: A MATLAB Toolbox for Hybrid Rigid
