Topology, dynamics, and control of a muscle-architected soft arm

A Tekinalp, N Naughton, SH Kim, U Halder… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Muscular hydrostats, such as octopus arms or elephant trunks, lack bones entirely,
endowing them with exceptional dexterity and reconfigurability. Key to their unmatched …

Elephant Trunk Inspired Multimodal Deformations and Movements of Soft Robotic Arms

S Leanza, J Lu‐Yang, B Kaczmarski… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Elephant trunks are capable of complex, multimodal deformations, allowing them to perform
task‐oriented high‐degree‐of‐freedom (DOF) movements pertinent to the field of soft …

Minimal activation with maximal reach: Reachability clouds of bio-inspired slender manipulators

B Kaczmarski, DE Moulton, A Goriely, E Kuhl - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
In the field of soft robotics, flexibility, adaptability, and functionality define a new era of
robotic systems that can safely deform, reach, and grasp. To optimize the design of soft …

Bayesian design optimization of biomimetic soft actuators

B Kaczmarski, DE Moulton, A Goriely, E Kuhl - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The design of versatile soft actuators remains a challenging task, as it is a complex trade-off
between robotic adaptability and structural complexity. Recently, researchers have used …

Minimal design of the elephant trunk as an active filament

B Kaczmarski, S Leanza, R Zhao, E Kuhl, DE Moulton… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
One of the key problems in active materials is the control of shape through actuation. A
fascinating example of such control is the elephant trunk, a long, muscular, and extremely …

Topology, dynamics, and control of an octopus-analog muscular hydrostat

A Tekinalp, N Naughton, SH Kim, U Halder… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Muscular hydrostats, such as octopus arms or elephant trunks, lack bones entirely,
endowing them with exceptional dexterity and reconfigurability. Key to their unmatched …

Minimal design of the elephant trunk as an active filament

A Goreily, D Moulton, B Kaczmarski, S Leanza… - Physical Review …, 2024 - ora.ox.ac.uk
One of the key problems in active materials is the control of shape through actuation. A
fascinating example of such control is the elephant trunk, a long, muscular, and extremely …

Reduced-Order Neural Operators: Learning Lagrangian Dynamics on Highly Sparse Graphs

H Viswanath, Y Chang, J Berner, PY Chen… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We propose accelerating the simulation of Lagrangian dynamics, such as fluid flows,
granular flows, and elastoplasticity, with neural-operator-based reduced-order modeling …

Design of a Four-Axis Robot Arm System Based on Machine Vision

Y Wang, Y Zhou, L Wei, R Li - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the concept of industrial automation gradually being put forward, the four-axis robotic
arm is gradually being applied in industrial production environments due to its advantages …

Developing Different Test Conditions to Verify the Robustness and Versatility of Robotic Arms Controlled by Evolutionary Algorithms

R Szabo - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this paper, different test cases where robotic arms are tested will be presented. A robotic
arm is tested for the gravity effects that can be observed on it. The other robotic arm is tested …