Compliant Electromagnetic Actuator Architecture for Soft Robotics

Noah Kohls,Beatriz Dias,Yaw Mensah,Bryan P. Ruddy,Yi Chen Mazumdar,Noah Kohls,Beatriz Dias,Yaw Mensah,Bryan P. Ruddy,Yi Chen Mazumdar

Soft materials and compliant actuation concepts have generated new design and control approaches in areas from robotics to wearable devices. Despite the potential of soft robotic systems, most designs currently use hard pumps, valves, and electromagnetic actuators. In this work, we take a step towards fully soft robots by developing a new compliant electromagnetic actuator architecture using galli...