A fluidic actuator with an internal stiffening structure inspired by mammalian erectile tissue
Jan Fras,Kaspar Althoefer,Jan Fras,Kaspar Althoefer
One of the biggest problems with soft robots is precisely the fact that they are soft. Indeed the softer they are, the less force they can exert on the environment. Researchers have proposed a number of stiffening methods, but all of them have drawbacks, such as locking the shape of the device in a way that precludes further adjustments. In this paper we propose a stiffening method inspired by the...
