Mechanically programmable bend radius for fiber-reinforced soft actuators

2013 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Galloway, Kevin C ^a   Polygerinos, Panagiotis ^a   Walsh, Conor J ^a   Wood, Robert J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; ROBOTICS;

BENDING AXIS; FIBER-REINFORCED; FORCE CAPABILITIES; GRIPPING FORCE; RAPID CUSTOMIZATION; RECTANGULAR OBJECT; SOFT ACTUATORS; SOFT BENDING;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84899410561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2013.6766586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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