A Bending Pneumatic Rubber Actuator Realizing Soft-bodied Manta Swimming Robot

By K. Suzumori, S. Endo, T. Kanda, N. Kato, Hiroyoshi Suzuki. Proceedings 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering

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Modeling of Soft Fiber-Reinforced Bending Actuators (2015, background): “Prior work on FEM modeling soft elastomeric actuators with ﬁber reinforcements has demonstrated the shape due to bending [7], [34], but minimal work has been done to validate these models experimentally or used to characterize the actuator stiffness and force-generating capabilities [35], [36].”
Interaction Forces of Soft Fiber Reinforced Bending Actuators (2017, methodology): “Most previous works followed an empirical approach [28], [38], [39], while some reported using the finiteelement method (FEM) [24], [30].”
STIFF-FLOP surgical manipulator: Mechanical design and experimental characterization of the single module (2013, background): “Previous attempts to limit this lateral expansion demonstrated that circular fibers arranged all around the structure can serve the scope [23], but as the chamber deforms the coils start to separate leaving weaker areas on the external surface which could likely cause abrupt and dangerous lateral…”
A Recipe for Soft Fluidic Elastomer Robots (2015, positive): “use finite element modeling (FEM) to analyze the bending of fiber-reinforced pneumatic tubelike actuators.(56) Specifically, hyper-elastic material models are used to capture the nonlinear material properties of rubber, line elements are used to represent radial inextensibility constraints due to fi”
Liquid crystal elastomers: an introduction and review of emerging technologies (2018, background): “It is noted that there are growing interests in using pneumatic or hydraulic devices for soft robot actuation, where a fluidic pressure is transformed into traction force or bending moment of limbs [152,166,167].”