Editor: Gareth J. Monkman

Soft Robotics

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ISBN: 978-981-5051-73-5 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5051-72-8 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2022
DOI: 10.2174/97898150517281220101

Introduction

Soft robotics is a subfield of robotics that encompasses the design and fabrication of robots with soft and compliant materials. Soft robots represent components like human prosthetics or biomimicking systems. Soft robotics relies on technically astute designs based on the correct choice of materials to enable a level of dexterity not possible with rigid components alone. The basic prime movers (actuators) and perception (sensors) require control systems capable of accommodating imprecise feedback data and often unpredictable reaction times. Mobility in such robots is more akin to entomological or marine systems than conventional guided vehicles.

This reference is a guide to materials and systems used in soft robotics. If features 6 chapters contributed by robotics experts that review fundamental and applied topics that are important for understanding the requirements of soft robotics design projects and the physics of the polymers involved. Chapters are organized for easy reading and include references.

The topics include:

- Aspects of materials processing and engineering for the development of soft robotic devices

- A review on biological gripping principles and their application to robotics

- Information about self-sensing electroadhesive polymer grippers with magnetically controllable surface geometry

- Theoretical and experimental investigations of magnetic hybrid materials

- Modeling and dynamic analysis of a novel rotary soft robotic arm by transfer matrix method

- Design and control of a portable continuum robot for pipe inspection assisted by a rigid manipulator

This book is a suitable reference for scholars and engineers who are seeking knowledge about materials and design principles in soft robotics with its practical applications.

Audience: Academic scholars and professional engineers interested in materials and design principles in soft robotics with its practical applications.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Gareth J. Monkman
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Regensburg
Germany




Contributor(s):
Amit Das
Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
D-01069
Dresden
Germany


Andreas Fery
Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
D-01069
Dresden
Germany


Bingbin Yu
Robotics Research Group,
Faculty 3, University of Bremen,
Robert-Hooke-Str.1, D-28359, Bremen
Germany


Dirk Sindersberger
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Regensburg
Germany


Florian Schale
Technical Mechanics Group
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Germany


Frank Kirchner
Robotics Research Group,
Faculty 3, University of Bremen,
Robert-Hooke-Str.1, D-28359, Bremen
Germany
/
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
Robotics Innovation Center
Robert-Hooke-Str.1, D-28359 Bremen
Germany


Gareth J. Monkman
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Regensburg
Germany


Gert Heinrich
Technische Universität Dresden
Institut für Textilmaschinen und Textile Hochleistung-swerkstofftechnik
Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden
Germany


Injamamul Arief
Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
D-01069
Dresden
Germany


Jhohan Chavez
Technical Mechanics Group
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Germany
/
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Ostbayerische Technische
Hochschule Regensburg
Germany


J. Winand
Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
Zoological Institute of the University of Kiel
Am Botanischen Garten 1–9, D-24118 Kiel
Germany


Klaus Zimmermann
Technical Mechanics Group
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Germany


Mahdi Bamdad
Mechatronics Research Lab
School of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology
Shahrood
Iran


Nina Prem
Technical Mechanics Group
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Germany


S.N. Gorb
Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
Zoological Institute of the University of Kiel
Am Botanischen Garten 1–9, D-24118 Kiel
Germany


Shib Shankar Banerjee
Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
D-01069
Dresden
Germany
/
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi-110016
India


T. H. Buscher
Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
Zoological Institute of the University of Kiel
Am Botanischen Garten 1–9, D-24118 Kiel
Germany


Tatiana Becker
Technical Mechanics Group
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Germany


Valter Böhm
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Ostbayerische Technische
Hochschule Regensburg
Germany