Simulation and Fabrication of Soft Robots with Embedded Skeletons
James M. Bern,Fatemeh Zargarbashi,Annan Zhang,Josie Hughes,Daniela Rus,James M. Bern,Fatemeh Zargarbashi,Annan Zhang,Josie Hughes,Daniela Rus
Soft robots can be incredibly robust and safe but typically fail to match the strength and precision of rigid robots. This dichotomy between soft and rigid is recently starting to break down, with emerging research interest in hybrid soft-rigid robots. In this work, we draw inspiration from Nature, which achieves the best of both worlds by coupling soft and rigid tissues-like muscle and bone-to pr...
