SPHR: A Soft Pneumatic Hybrid Robot with extreme shape changing and lifting abilities
Matthew R. Devlin,Myia M. Dickens,Charles Xiao,Elliot W. Hawkes,Matthew R. Devlin,Myia M. Dickens,Charles Xiao,Elliot W. Hawkes
Many soft robots are capable of significantly changing their shape, an ability that can offer advantages in many applications. For instance, such a robot can flatten its body to fit under small gaps and expand to move over large obstacles. Further, because these shape changes are usually driven by a pressurized fluid, if they act over a large area, they have the potential to apply large forces to ...
