A Variable Stiffness Soft Continuum Robot Based on Pre-charged Air, Particle Jamming, and Origami

Yujia Li,Tao Ren,Yonghua Chen,Michael Z. Q. Chen,Yujia Li,Tao Ren,Yonghua Chen,Michael Z. Q. Chen

Soft continuum robots have many applications such as medical surgeries, service industries, rescue tasks, and underwater exploration. Flexibility and good accessibility of such robots are the key reasons for their popularity. However, the complexity of their structural design and control systems limit their broader applications. In this paper, a novel variable stiffness soft continuum robot based ...