Miscellaneous

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https://youtu.be/lEfg8BxmdHk

Meshworm Video

Uploaded on Dec 28, 2011

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https://youtu.be/e8W9Nwu-Sbc

RI Seminar: Yong-Lae Park : Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics: New Ways of Sensing and Actuation

Streamed live on Sep 19, 2014


Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics: New Ways of Sensing and Actuation
Yong-Lae Park
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon, Robotics Institute

September 19, 2014

Abstract
Innovation in sensing and actuation technologies is extremely important for future robots with human-like or human-involved applications, such as wearable robotics, rehabilitation robotics, surgical robotics, humanoids, haptics, tele-robotics where close interactions between human and machines are critical.

This talk will describe the novel design and manufacturing processes for developing smart robotic structures with soft materials, and examples of robotic systems integrated with soft sensors and actuators, focusing on three specific areas: artificial skin sensors, artificial muscle actuators, and soft robots for human assistance and rehabilitation. Advanced manufacturing technologies for building multi-material and multi-functional 3-D soft smart composite microstructures will be also discussed during the talk.

Speaker Biography
Yong-Lae Park is an Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute and the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Prior to joining CMU in 2013, Prof. Park completed his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, in 2010, and conducted postdoctoral research in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. He is founder of the CMU Soft Robotics and Bionics Laboratory. His current research interests include artificial skins and muscles, soft robots, wearable devices and robots, and smart structures and materials. He is the winner of the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Sensors Journal, in 2013, a NASA Tech Brief Award from the NASA Johnson Space Center, in 2012, and a Technology Development Fellowship for independent postdoctoral research from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, in 2010. His recent paper on soft artificial skin was selected as a cover article of the IEEE Sensors Journal, and his work on soft wearable robots was recently featured in Discovery News and New Scientist.

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Article "Robotic fabric could bring 'active clothing,' wearable robots (https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q3/robotic-fabric-could-bring-active-clothing,-wearable-robots.html)"

by Emil Venere
September 23, 2014

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Article "Morphological computation: The hidden superpower of soft-bodied robots (https://robohub.org/morphological-computation-the-hidden-superpower-of-soft-bodied-robots)"

by Helmut Hauser, Adriana Hamacher
September 10, 2015

[Airicist]

https://youtu.be/YQjmTc5Q39E

Softer, More Human Robots

Published on Jul 23, 2015


Robots made entirely out of soft materials could be real game-changers. They could integrate more easily with human activities ranging from the ordinary to the exceptional.

A group of engineers at Carnegie Mellon University is working to make such soft robots a hard reality.

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https://youtu.be/VDWV3praAxY

Rob Scharff (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-scharff-09987328)'s Soft Robotics 3D-printed hand responds to human grip

Uploaded on Oct 23, 2015


Delft University of Technology graduate Rob Scharff has created a soft robotic limb that can shake hands with people.

"Rob Scharff's Soft Robotics 3D-printed hand responds to human grip Flip (https://www.dezeen.com/2015/10/26/rob-scharff-soft-robotics-3d-printed-hand-responds-to-human-grip)"

October 26, 2015

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https://vimeo.com/144290379

Inflatibits - a modular soft robot construction kit
November 1, 2015


Inflatibits is a quick, easy and motivating way for you to get started in Soft Robotics.
Designed by Christopher Kopic
christopherkopic.wordpress.com/portfolio
Bauhaus-University Weimar, 2015

[Airicist]

https://youtu.be/RwzjTNbwxYw

Super-stretchy robot skin changes brightness as it bends

Published on Mar 3, 2016


This artificial skin, inspired by octopuses, responds to changing conditions by altering the light it produces
Full story:
"Super-stretchy robot skin can become brighter when it bends (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2079480-super-stretchy-robot-skin-can-become-brighter-when-it-bends)"

by Sandrine Ceurstemont
March 3, 2016


https://youtu.be/RRb2bthce5Y

Octopus-like electroluminescent skin

Published on Mar 3, 2016


Researchers developed an artificial skin that can stretch, sense pressure and emit light, demonstrating a level of multi-functionality seen in the skin of cephalopods like octopuses. A soft robot demonstrates these combined capabilities by stretching and emitting light as it moves.

Credit:
Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing
C. Larson, B. Peele, S. Li, S. Robinson, M. Totaro, L. Beccai, B. Mazzolai, R. Shepherd
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.aac5082

[Airicist]

https://youtu.be/mrcNc5UT0BM

New hydrogel that doesn't dry out

Published on Jun 27, 2016


Engineers at MIT have found a way to prevent hydrogels from dehydrating, with a method that binds hydrogels to elastomers such as rubber and silicone.

"Tough new hydrogel hybrid doesn’t dry out (https://news.mit.edu/2016/tough-hydrogel-hybrid-artificial-skin-0627)"
Water-based material could be used to make artificial skin, longer-lasting contact lenses.

by Jennifer Chu
June 27, 2016

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Article "A Squishy Motor for Soft Robotics (https://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/13018/A-Squishy-Motor-for-Soft-Robotics.aspx)"

by Tanya Trofimencoff
August 30, 2016

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https://youtu.be/xM2KL7mKUN0

Soft Robotic Blocks: introducing SoBL, a fast-build modularized design block

Published on Oct 6, 2016


Soft Robotic Blocks: Introducing SoBL, a Fast-Build Modularized Design Block

This video presents a new, modularized design concept for soft robots based on a bottom-up approach by assembling units. This concept enables the structures and motions of soft robots to be rapidly prototyped and revised to create new designs that can accomplish different tasks.
The paper about our modularized concept is published in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7549069) (Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Sept. 2016).

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https://youtu.be/zrRs4GXxjVA

Programmable viscoelastic materials

Published on Oct 3, 2016

"Printable Programmable Viscoelastic Materials for Robots (http://groups.csail.mit.edu/drl/wiki/images/3/30/2016_MacCurdy-Printable_Programmable_Viscoelastic_Materials_for_Robots.pdf)"
by Robert MacCurdy, Jeffrey Lipton, Shuguang Li and Daniela Rus

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Article "A variable stiffness fiber that self-heals (https://robohub.org/a-variable-stiffness-fiber-that-self-heals)"

by Linda Seward, NCCR Robotics
October 27, 2016

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Article "Students develop cheap 3D printing technique for soft robotics (https://robovalley.com/news/students-develop-cheap-3d-printing-technique-soft-robotics)"

by Jurjen Slump
November 2, 2016

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Article "Finding the right morphology to simplify control for soft robotics (https://robohub.org/finding-the-right-morphology-to-simplify-control-for-soft-robotics)"

by Martin Garrad
May 23, 2017

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https://youtu.be/0hmuHqXBHw0

Octopus-inspired camouflage for soft robotics

Published on Oct 26, 2017


This bio-inspired elastic material can morph into various shapes, and could provide a shape-shifting surface for soft robots.

"Octopus-Inspired Camouflage for Soft Robotics (https://spectrum.ieee.org/video/robotics/robotics-hardware/octopusinspired-camouflage-for-soft-robotics)"
A new elastic skin morphs to produce different textures

by Amy Nordrum and Celia Gorman
October 18, 2017

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https://youtu.be/sTN6HvwNc1E

MORPH: A new soft material microfabrication process

Published on Aug 6, 2018


What has the ability to move and show its colors, is made only of silicone rubber and manufactured at the millimeter scale? A soft robotic peacock spider. Researchers have combined three different manufacturing techniques to create a novel origami-inspired soft material microfabrication process that goes beyond what existing approaches can achieve at this small scale.

"A new approach for fabricating soft materials at the millimeter scale paves the way to a new generation of flexible microrobots for medical and environmental tasks (https://wyss.harvard.edu/soft-multi-functional-robots-get-really-small)"

by Benjamin Boettner
August 6, 2018