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Auxetic Metamaterial Simplifies Soft Robot Design

Mark, Andrew G.
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Palagi, Stefano
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Qiu, Tian
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Liu, H
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Moon, H
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2016
2016 Ieee International Conference On Robotics And Automation (Icra)
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Soft materials are being adopted in robotics in order to facilitate biomedical applications and in order to achieve simpler and more capable robots. One route to simplification is to design the robot's body using 'smart materials' that carry the burden of control and actuation. Metamaterials enable just such rational design of the material properties. Here we present a soft robot that exploits mechanical metamaterials for the intrinsic synchronization of two passive clutches which contact its travel surface. Doing so allows it to move through an enclosed passage with an inchworm motion propelled by a single actuator. Our soft robot consists of two 3D-printed metamaterials that implement auxetic and normal elastic properties. The design, fabrication and characterization of the metamaterials are described. In addition, a working soft robot is presented. Since the synchronization mechanism is a feature of the robot's material body, we believe that the proposed design will enable compliant and robust implementations that scale well with miniaturization.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487701
Web of Science ID

WOS:000389516204037

Author(s)
Mark, Andrew G.
Palagi, Stefano
Qiu, Tian
Fischer, Peer
Editors
Liu, H
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Moon, H
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Neira, J
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Sycara, K
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Yokoi, K
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Martinet, P
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Oh, P
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Valdastri, P
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Krovi, V
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Okamura, A
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Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Ieee

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2016 Ieee International Conference On Robotics And Automation (Icra)
ISBN of the book

978-1-4673-8026-3

Total of pages

6

Series title/Series vol.

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA

Start page

4951

End page

4956

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Royal Inst Technol, Ctr Autonomous Syst, Stockholm, SWEDEN

MAY 16-21, 2016

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January 24, 2017
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