Control of soft robots with inertial dynamics

DA Haggerty, MJ Banks, E Kamenar, AB Cao… - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
Soft robots promise improved safety and capability over rigid robots when deployed near
humans or in complex, delicate, and dynamic environments. However, infinite degrees of …

Model-based control for soft robots with system uncertainties and input saturation

X Shao, P Pustina, M Stölzle, G Sun… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Model-based strategies are a promising solution to the grand challenge of equipping
continuum soft robots with motor intelligence. However, finite-dimensional models of these …

A unified and modular model predictive control framework for soft continuum manipulators under internal and external constraints

FA Spinelli, RK Katzschmann - 2022 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fluidically actuated soft robots have promising capabilities such as inherent compliance and
user safety. The control of soft robots needs to properly handle nonlinear actuation …

[PDF][PDF] Developments and Trend Maps for Soft Continuum Manipulators and Soft Snake Robots

VS Rajashekhar, G Prabhakar - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Soft robots are more human-friendly than rigid-bodied robots. This is due to their soft nature
that does not harm humans while interacting. This work provides the developments and …

Prismatic soft actuator augments the workspace of soft continuum robots

P Wand, O Fischer… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robots are promising for manipulation tasks thanks to their compliance, safety, and high
degree of freedom. However, the commonly used bidirectional continuum segment design …

Linear delta arrays for compliant dexterous distributed manipulation

S Patil, T Tao, T Hellebrekers… - … on Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new type of distributed dexterous manipulator: delta arrays. Our delta
array setup consists of 64 linearly-actuated delta robots with 3D-printed compliant linkages …

Linear Delta Arrays for Compliant Dexterous Distributed Manipulation

S Patil, T Tao, T Hellebrekers, O Kroemer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a new type of distributed dexterous manipulator: delta arrays. Our delta
array setup consists of 64 linearly-actuated delta robots with 3D-printed compliant linkages …