Abstract: While most soft pneumatic grippers that operate with a single control parameter (such as pressure or airflow) are limited to a single grasping modality, this article introduces a new method for incorporating multiple grasping modalities into vacuum-driven soft grippers. This is achieved by combining stiffness manipulation with a bistable mechanism. The system … [Read more...] about Integrating Software-Less Reflex Mechanisms Into Soft Robots and a Versatile Gripper: A New Bistable Method
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FLEXIV: Adaptive Locomotion via Morphological Changes in a Flexible Track Vehicle
Abstract: Flexible and adaptive tracked robots show the capacity to navigate in unstructured terrain, with a passive adaption of the track or a morphology change for terrain adaptation. Extending the concept to one in which the morphology can be actively changed has the potential to increase the capabilities of a locomoting robot while reducing the need for complex … [Read more...] about FLEXIV: Adaptive Locomotion via Morphological Changes in a Flexible Track Vehicle
