Integrated Design Fabrication and Control of a Bioinspired Multimaterial Soft Robotic Hand.

ABSTRACT: Machines that mimic humans have inspired scientists for centuries. Bioinspired soft robotic hands are a good example of such an endeavor, featuring intrinsic material compliance and continuous motion to deal with uncertainty and adapt to unstructured environments. Recent research led to impactful achievements in functional designs, modeling, fabrication, and control of soft robots. Nevertheless, the full realization of life-like movements is still challenging to achieve, often based on trial-and-error considerations from design to fabrication, consuming time and resources. In this study, a soft robotic hand is proposed, composed of soft actuator cores and an exoskeleton, featuring a multimaterial design aided by finite element analysis (FEA) to define the hand geometry and promote finger's

SUBMITTER: Alves S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10408382 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature