{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Ko UH"],"pubmed_abstract":["The emerging field of soft robotics often relies on soft actuators powered by pressurized fluids to obtain a variety of movements. Strategic incorporation of soft actuators can greatly increase the degree of freedom of soft robots thereby bestowing them with a range of movements. Balloon actuators are extensively used to achieve various motions such as bending, twisting, and expanding. A detailed understanding of how material properties and architectural designs of balloon actuators influence their motions will greatly enable the application of these soft actuators. In this study, we developed a framework involving experimental and theoretical analyses, including computational analysis, delineating material and geometrical parameters of balloon actuators to their bending motions. Furthermo"],"journal":["Frontiers in robotics and AI"],"pagination":["991748"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9528995"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Characterization of bending balloon actuators."],"pmcid":["PMC9528995"],"pubmed_authors":["Kumar V","Ko UH","Rosen B","Varghese S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Characterization of bending balloon actuators.","description":"The emerging field of soft robotics often relies on soft actuators powered by pressurized fluids to obtain a variety of movements. Strategic incorporation of soft actuators can greatly increase the degree of freedom of soft robots thereby bestowing them with a range of movements. Balloon actuators are extensively used to achieve various motions such as bending, twisting, and expanding. A detailed understanding of how material properties and architectural designs of balloon actuators influence their motions will greatly enable the application of these soft actuators. In this study, we developed a framework involving experimental and theoretical analyses, including computational analysis, delineating material and geometrical parameters of balloon actuators to their bending motions. Furthermo","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-19T09:59:18.961Z","creation":"2025-04-19T09:59:18.961Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9528995","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36199389"],"doi":["10.3389/frobt.2022.991748"]}}