Offers a comprehensive review of the research and development of mechanically responsive materials and their applications in soft robots Mechanically Responsive materials for soft robotics offers an authoritative guid...
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(数字)9783527822201
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(纸本)9783527346202
Offers a comprehensive review of the research and development of mechanically responsive materials and their applications in soft robots Mechanically Responsive materials for soft robotics offers an authoritative guide to the current state of mechanically responsive materials for the development of softrobotics. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the book examines existing mechanically responsive materials such as crystals, polymers, gels, and composites that are stimulated by light and heat. The book also explores the application of mechanical materials to softrobotics. The authors describe the many excellent mechanical crystals developed in recent years that show the ability to bend, twist, rotate, jump, self-heal, and shape memory. Mechanical polymer materials are described for evolution into artificial muscles, photomobile materials, bioinspired soft actuators, inorganic-organic hybrid materials, multi-responsive composite materials, and strain sensor materials. The application of mechanical materials to soft robots is just the beginning. This book reviews the many challenging and versatile applications, such as soft microrobots made from photoresponsive elastomers, four-dimensional printing for assembling soft robots, self-growing of soft robots like plants, and biohybrid robots using muscle tissue. This important book: -Explores recent developments in the use of soft smart materials in robotic systems -Covers the full scope of mechanically responsive materials: polymers, crystals, gels, and nanocomposites -Deals with an interdisciplinary topic of advanced smart materials research -Contains extensive descriptions of current and future applications in softrobotics Written for materials scientists, polymer chemists, photochemists, physical chemists, solid state chemists, inorganic chemists, and robotics engineers, Mechanically Responsive materials for soft robotics offers a comprehensive and timely review of the most recent research on
The automatic handling of perishable items like food and agricultural products requires robotic grippers that not only can perform gentle grasps but can also transport grasped objects safely and reliably. This result ...
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The automatic handling of perishable items like food and agricultural products requires robotic grippers that not only can perform gentle grasps but can also transport grasped objects safely and reliably. This result can be obtained by assuring that the contact between the grasped object and the gripper is as extended as possible, to avoid stress concentration in small areas, that could lead to local damage. In this study, a soft-rigid gripper is presented and designed to grasp and hold objects and to distribute the contact pressure over a large surface, limiting its maximum value and avoiding localized peaks. The gripper has four fingers and an extendable soft palm that wraps around the object, resembling a soft pocket. The palm is composed of two soft parts, whose geometrical characteristics have been evaluated using a shape optimization process and can be easily detached from the fingers to be changed or washed. The gripper is characterized with mechanical tests and evaluated in grasping and transporting tasks with real objects.
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