Reconfigurable Soft Flexure Hinges via Pinched Tubes
Yuhao Jiang,Mohammad Sharifzadeh,Daniel M. Aukes,Yuhao Jiang,Mohammad Sharifzadeh,Daniel M. Aukes
Tuning the stiffness of soft robots is essential in order to extend usability and control the maneuverability of soft robots. In this paper, we propose a novel mechanism that can reconfigure the stiffness of tubular structures, using pinching to induce highly directional changes in stiffness. When pinched, these tubes can be then utilized as flexure hinges to create virtual joints on demand; the o...
