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Autor:
R. Adam Bilodeau, Rebecca K. Kramer
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol 4 (2017)
Advances in soft robotics will be crucial to the next generation of robot–human interfaces. Soft material systems embed safety at the material level, providing additional safeguards that will expedite their placement alongside humans and other biol
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0b753b64163e465d8c947156eaa07616
Autor:
John William Boley, Edward L. White, Rebecca K. Kramer, Trevor R. Lear, Seok-Hee Hyun, David H. Thompson
Publikováno v:
Extreme Mechanics Letters. 13:126-134
Liquid metal nanoparticles can be used to produce stretchable electronic devices. Understanding the mechanical properties of liquid metal nanoparticles is crucial to optimizing their use in various applications, especially printing of flexible, stret
Publikováno v:
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 253:188-197
In this paper we describe the fabrication and testing of elastomer-based sensors capable of measuring both uniaxial strain and curvature. These sensors were fabricated from Sylgard 184, which is a transparent silicone elastomer. We created microchann
Publikováno v:
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 1:708-715
In this letter, we introduce active variable stiffness fibers that are made from shape memory alloy and thermally responsive polymers. This combines the actuation of shape memory alloy with the variable stiffness of a thermoplastic using electric cur
Publikováno v:
IEEE Sensors Journal. 16:2607-2616
In this paper, we describe the fabrication and testing of a sensory module composed of resistive strain gauges in an elastomer substrate. Each module contains three resistive gauges, providing sufficient information to reconstruct the geometry of the
Publikováno v:
Science robotics. 2(12)
Biology motivates how complex functionality results from systems of simple materials.
Publikováno v:
2017 IEEE SENSORS.
In this paper we demonstrate the use of liquid metal nanoparticles as electrical traces between logic gates. When first deposited, films of nanoparticles are non-conductive, despite their metallic composition. Nanoparticle films can be coalesced into
Publikováno v:
2017 IEEE SENSORS.
In this paper, we describe a capacitance-based strain field sensor. The device is interrogated at a single location, and uses multiple excitation frequencies to resolve the spatial distribution of strain. The system we model is representative of a ca
Publikováno v:
IROS
Materials exhibiting variable stiffness properties have great potential for use in the growing field of soft robotics. Soft structural materials allow a robot to fit into enclosed spaces, resist shock and vibration, or even reconfigure its geometry a
Publikováno v:
ICRA
In this paper, we describe the fabrication and testing of a stretchable fabric sleeve with embedded elastic strain sensors for state reconstruction of a soft robotic joint. The strain sensors are capacitive and composed of graphite-based conductive c