Sensing in soft robotics

C Hegde, J Su, JMR Tan, K He, X Chen, S Magdassi - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate
objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access …

Soft, wearable robotics and haptics: Technologies, trends, and emerging applications

M Zhu, S Biswas, SI Dinulescu, N Kastor… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in the rapidly growing field of soft robotics highlight the potential for
innovations in wearable soft robotics to meet challenges and opportunities affecting …

OmniFiber: Integrated fluidic fiber actuators for weaving movement based interactions into the 'fabric of everyday life'

O Kilic Afsar, A Shtarbanov, H Mor, K Nakagaki… - The 34th Annual ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Fiber–a primitive yet ubiquitous form of material–intertwines with our bodies and
surroundings, from constructing our fibrous muscles that enable our movement, to forming …

Soft robotics enables neuroprosthetic hand design

G Gu, N Zhang, C Chen, H Xu, X Zhu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Development and implementation of neuroprosthetic hands is a multidisciplinary field at the
interface between humans and artificial robotic systems, which aims at replacing the …

Design, control, and psychophysics of tasbi: A force-controlled multimodal haptic bracelet

E Pezent, P Agarwal, J Hartcher-O'Brien… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Haptic feedback is known to enhance the realism of an individual's interactions with objects
in virtual environments. Wearable haptic devices, such as vibrotactile sleeves or armbands …

[HTML][HTML] Interpersonal haptic communication: review and directions for the future

R Raisamo, K Salminen, J Rantala, A Farooq… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Touch between people is an integral part of human life. Touch is used to convey information,
emotions, and other social cues. Still, everyday remote communication remains mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Funabot-Suit: A bio-inspired and McKibben muscle-actuated suit for natural kinesthetic perception

Y Peng, Y Sakai, K Nakagawa, Y Funabora… - Biomimetic Intelligence …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been extensive utilization of actuators driven by artificial muscles
in wearable devices. However, the muscle distribution configurations of most wearable …

Clothtiles: A prototyping platform to fabricate customized actuators on clothing using 3d printing and shape-memory alloys

S Muthukumarana, MA Messerschmidt… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Emerging research has demonstrated the viability of on-textile actuation mechanisms,
however, an easily customizable and versatile on-cloth actuation mechanism is yet to be …

ThermoCaress: A wearable haptic device with illusory moving thermal stimulation

Y Liu, S Nishikawa, YA Seong, R Niiyama… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We propose ThermoCaress, a haptic device to create a stroking sensation on the forearm
using pressure force and present thermal feedback simultaneously. In our method, based on …

SwellSense: Creating 2.5 D interactions with micro-capsule paper

T Cheng, Z Zhang, B Zong, Y Zhao, Z Chang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we propose SwellSense, a fabrication technique to screen print stretchable
circuits onto a special micro-capsule paper, creating localized swelling patterns with sensing …