Deep reinforcement learning for soft, flexible robots: Brief review with impending challenges

S Bhagat, H Banerjee, ZT Ho Tse, H Ren - Robotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
The increasing trend of studying the innate softness of robotic structures and amalgamating
it with the benefits of the extensive developments in the field of embodied intelligence has …

Hydrogel-shielded soft tactile sensor for biocompatible drug delivery monitoring

H Banerjee, G Ponraj, SK Kirthika… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Tactile sensing is an emerging technological advancement in surgical robotics in order to
probe interactions between confined tissue environments and instruments based on touch …

Driving flip origami motions with thermal-responsive shape memory alloy

Y Zhang, H Ren - 2019 IEEE international conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a motion generation approach to flipping origami models. According to
the geometrical principle of an infinite flip origami and using the shape memory properties of …

[PDF][PDF] Origami-Layer-Jamming Deployable Retractor with Variable Stiffness and Tactile Sensing

H Banerjee, T Li, G Ponraj, K Senthil Kumar… - J. Mech …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Origami-based flexible, compliant and bio-inspired robots are believed to permit a range of
medical applications within confined environments. In this article, we experimentally …