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Permanently magnetized elastomer rotating actuator using traveling waves

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We report a soft actuator that generates continuous rotation of an object placed on it by electromagnetically exciting circular travelling waves in a soft disk. The disk, that serves as the stator, is made of a stretchable composite consisting of segments ...

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Soft robots aim to revolutionize how robotic systems interact with the environment thanks to their inherent compliance. Some of these systems are even able to modulate their physical softness. However, simply equipping a robot with softness will not genera ...

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Soft Bending Actuator With Fiber-Jamming Variable Stiffness and Fiber-Optic Proprioception

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The study of non-contact manipulation in water, and the ability to robotically control floating objects has gained recent attention due to wide-ranging potential applications, including the analysis of plastic pollution in the oceans and the optimization o ...

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Reinforcement learning for scaffold-free construction of spanning-structures

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