A review article: investigations on soft materials for soft robot manipulations

Natarajan, Elango; Faudzi, Ahmad Athif Mohd

doi:10.1007/s00170-015-7085-3

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“…In order to obtain a rough comparison formula, these different combinations of comparison criteria are listed in Table 6 in the order of importance. Using this type of importance ranking in criteria, each actuator type can be evaluated by giving it a suitability degree using a [1][2][3][4][5] scale. A rough suitability grading is presented in Table 7.…”

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“…Considering these two general criteria, the novel/soft actuators can give the researchers the opportunity to design compact, light-weight and compliant soft-robots. In the soft robotics field, two recent reviews have been performed one concentrating on design, fabrication, and control of soft robots [1], and the other on soft materials used in soft robotics [2]. However, there is no comprehensive review on the novel actuators mapping their properties to possible applications and especially regarding them in a multi-criteria evaluation…”

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An Overview of Novel Actuators for Soft Robotics

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In this systematic survey, an overview of non-conventional actuators particularly used in soft-robotics is presented. The review is performed by using well-defined performance criteria with a direction to identify the exemplary and potential applications. In addition to this, initial guidelines to compare the performance and applicability of these novel actuators are provided. The meta-analysis is restricted to five main types of actuators: shape memory alloys (SMAs), fluidic elastomer actuators (FEAs), shape morphing polymers (SMPs), dielectric electro-activated polymers (DEAPs), and magnetic/electro-magnetic actuators (E/MAs). In exploring and comparing the capabilities of these actuators, the focus was on eight different aspects: compliance, topology-geometry, scalability-complexity, energy efficiency, operation range, modality, controllability, and technological readiness level (TRL). The overview presented here provides a state-of-the-art summary of the advancements and can help researchers to select the most convenient soft actuators using the comprehensive comparison of the suggested quantitative and qualitative criteria.

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An Overview of Novel Actuators for Soft Robotics

2018

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“…This includes materials such as silicone, rubber, or other elastomeric polymers which can be easily manufactured with varying form factors and material properties (Elango and Faudzi, 2015). Not only is deformability and "softness" achieved by using intrinsically soft materials but also by exploiting morphology and material properties (e.g., considering orientation, and interactions between materials).…”

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Soft Manipulators and Grippers: A Review

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Soft robotics is a growing area of research which utilizes the compliance and adaptability of soft structures to develop highly adaptive robotics for soft interactions. One area in which soft robotics has the ability to make significant impact is in the development of soft grippers and manipulators. With an increased requirement for automation, robotics systems are required to perform task in unstructured and not well defined environments; conditions which conventional rigid robotics are not best suited. This requires a paradigm shift in the methods and materials used to develop robots such that they can adapt to and work safely in human environments. One solution to this is soft robotics, which enables soft interactions with the surroundings while maintaining the ability to apply significant force. This review paper assesses the current materials and methods, actuation methods and sensors which are used in the development of soft manipulators. The achievements and shortcomings of recent technology in these key areas are evaluated, and this paper concludes with a discussion on the potential impacts of soft manipulators on industry and society.

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“…This discipline is steeply growing, and from the seminal review paper of Trivedi et al (2008) the field was subject to several evolutions; to date, the most recent review paper on soft robotics (Rus and Tolley, 2015) identifies four possible application domains for soft robots: locomotion, manipulation, wearable, and soft cyborgs. This review agrees with our survey on the most relevant domains influenced by soft robotic, which identified three niches: (1) the terrestrial locomotion, where a great number of bio-inspired (Belanger et al, 2000;Mezoff et al, 2004;Lin et al, 2013;Umedachi et al, 2016) (inspired by worms, caterpillars, and their gaits) (Jayaram and Full, 2016) (insects) (Chrispell et al, 2013;Cicconofri and DeSimone, 2015) (snakes) or build from scratch robots (Kim et al, 2014;Li et al, 2016) are under development; (2) the underwater locomotion (Fiazza et al, 2010), mainly inspired by fishes (Clark et al, 2015), turtles (Song et al, 2016), crabs (Calisti et al, 2016), chephalopods (Arienti et al, 2013;Cianchetti et al, 2015), rays (Urai et al, 2015), or other aquatic animals; and (3) manipulation, either at the level of grippers (Manti et al, 2015;Fakhari et al, 2016;Shintake et al, 2016), arms Elango and Faudzi, 2015;Katzschmann et al, 2015;Deashapriya et al, 2016;Sun et al, 2016), or other devices (Deng et al, 2016).…”

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Contest-Driven Soft-Robotics Boost: The RoboSoft Grand Challenge

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This paper reports the design process, the implementation, and the results of a novel robotic contest addressing soft robots, named RoboSoft Grand Challenge. Applicationoriented tasks were proposed in three different scenarios where soft robotics is particularly lively: manipulation, terrestrial, and underwater locomotion. Starting from about 60 expressions of interest submitted by international teams distributed across the world, 19 robots were eventually selected to participate in the challenge in two of the initially proposed scenarios, i.e., manipulation and terrestrial locomotion. Results highlight both the effectiveness and limitations of state of the art soft robots with respect to the selected tasks. The paper will also focus on some of the advantages and disadvantages of contests as technology-steering mechanisms, including what we called "reductionist design," a phenomenon in which simplistic solutions are devised to purposely tackle the proposed tasks, possibly hindering more general and desired technological advancements.

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A review article: investigations on soft materials for soft robot manipulations

Cited by 143 publications

References 62 publications

An Overview of Novel Actuators for Soft Robotics

An Overview of Novel Actuators for Soft Robotics

Soft Manipulators and Grippers: A Review

Contest-Driven Soft-Robotics Boost: The RoboSoft Grand Challenge

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