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Design, fabrication and control of soft robots
- Source :
- Rus
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Conventionally, engineers have employed rigid materials to fabricate precise, predictable robotic systems, which are easily modelled as rigid members connected at discrete joints. Natural systems, however, often match or exceed the performance of robotic systems with deformable bodies. Cephalopods, for example, achieve amazing feats of manipulation and locomotion without a skeleton; even vertebrates such as humans achieve dynamic gaits by storing elastic energy in their compliant bones and soft tissues. Inspired by nature, engineers have begun to explore the design and control of soft-bodied robots composed of compliant materials. This Review discusses recent developments in the emerging field of soft robotics.<br />National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant IIS-1226883)
- Subjects :
- Multidisciplinary
Fabrication
Hand Strength
Soft actuator
Soft robotics
Fishes
Control engineering
Equipment Design
Robotics
Field (computer science)
Biomechanical Phenomena
Robotic systems
Biomimetics
Elastic Modulus
Manufacturing Industry
Robot
Animals
Humans
Electronics
Control (linguistics)
Locomotion
ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14764687
- Volume :
- 521
- Issue :
- 7553
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....edf0f0ba64a6d496234f8bc71dc033bd