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View article: Soft Robotics: A Route to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity in Robotics
Soft Robotics: A Route to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity in Robotics Open
Robotics is entering our daily lives. The discipline is increasingly crucial in fields such as agriculture, medicine, and rescue operations, impacting our food, health, and planet. At the same time, it is becoming evident that robotic rese…
View article: A Modular, Tendon Driven Variable Stiffness Manipulator with Internal Routing for Improved Stability and Increased Payload Capacity
A Modular, Tendon Driven Variable Stiffness Manipulator with Internal Routing for Improved Stability and Increased Payload Capacity Open
Stability and reliable operation under a spectrum of environmental conditions is still an open challenge for soft and continuum style manipulators. The inability to carry sufficient load and effectively reject external disturbances are two…
View article: Soft Gripping: Specifying for Trustworthiness
Soft Gripping: Specifying for Trustworthiness Open
Soft robotics is an emerging technology in which engineers create flexible devices for use in a variety of applications. In order to advance the wide adoption of soft robots, ensuring their trustworthiness is essential; if soft robots are …
View article: Soft Gripping: Specifying for Trustworthiness
Soft Gripping: Specifying for Trustworthiness Open
Soft robotics is an emerging technology in which engineers create flexible devices for use in a variety of applications. In order to advance the wide adoption of soft robots, ensuring their trustworthiness is essential; if soft robots are …
View article: Passive, Reflex Response Units for Reactive Soft Robotic Systems
Passive, Reflex Response Units for Reactive Soft Robotic Systems Open
As robotic systems enter an ever expanding spectrum of industries, it is becoming increasingly important that they are built to respond quickly and efficiently to dynamic environments. This paper presents a passive, reflex response (PRR) u…
View article: RUBIC: An Untethered Soft Robot With Discrete Path Following
RUBIC: An Untethered Soft Robot With Discrete Path Following Open
Soft robots have the potential to diminish the need for humans to venture into unsuitable environments or work in extreme conditions. While their soft nature gives them the advantage of being adaptable to changing environments, their contr…