Stiffening

Fast‐Response, Stiffness‐Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing

Yuan‐Fang Zhang, Ningbin Zhang, Hardik Hingorani, Ningyuan Ding, Dong Wang, Chao Yuan, Biao Zhang, Guoying Gu, Qi Ge

Citations: 504 • 2019

Tendon-Based Stiffening for a Pneumatically Actuated Soft Manipulator

Ali Shiva, Agostino Stilli, Yohan Noh, Angela Faragasso, Iris De Falco, Giada Gerboni, Matteo Cianchetti, Arianna Menciassi, Kaspar Althoefer, Helge Würdemann

Citations: 207 • 2016

Dynamics of fingertip contact during the onset of tangential slip

Benoit P. Delhaye, Philippe Lefèvre, Jean‐Louis Thonnard

Citations: 158 • 2014

Concurrent stiffening and softening in hydrogels under dehydration

Shuai Xu, Zidi Zhou, Zishun Liu, Pradeep Sharma

Citations: 134 • 2023

MACCEPA 2.0: Adjustable compliant actuator with stiffening characteristic for energy efficient hopping

Bram Vanderborght, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Claudio Semini, Ronald Van Ham, Darwin G. Caldwell

Citations: 127 • 2009

Soft robotic arm inspired by the octopus: I. From biological functions to artificial requirements

Laura Margheri, Cecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai

Citations: 118 • 2012

Reinforced Gels and Elastomers for Biomedical and Soft Robotics Applications

Dinara Zhalmuratova, Hyun‐Joong Chung

Citations: 110 • 2020

Toward a Variable Stiffness Surgical Manipulator Based on Fiber Jamming Transition

Margherita Brancadoro, Mariangela Manti, Fabrizio Grani, Selene Tognarelli, Arianna Menciassi, Matteo Cianchetti

Citations: 106 • 2019

Simulation of Flexible-Link Manipulators With Inertial and Geometric Nonlinearities

Chris Damaren, Inna Sharf

Citations: 105 • 1995

Fiber Jamming Transition as a Stiffening Mechanism for Soft Robotics

Margherita Brancadoro, Mariangela Manti, Selene Tognarelli, Matteo Cianchetti

Citations: 90 • 2020

Thermally trainable dual network hydrogels

Shanming Hu, Yuhuang Fang, Matti Turunen, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang

Citations: 87 • 2023

Mechanical adaptability of artificial muscles from nanoscale molecular action

Federico Lancia, Alexander Ryabchun, Anne‐Déborah C. Nguindjel, Supaporn Kwangmettatam, Nathalie Katsonis

Citations: 82 • 2019

Stiffening Sheaths for Continuum Robots

Marlene Langer, Ernar Amanov, Jessica Burgner-Kahrs

Citations: 72 • 2018

Modeling of Flexible Beams for Robotic Manipulators

Jorge Martins, Miguel Ayala Botto, José Sá da Costa

Citations: 66 • 2002

Piezoresistive sensor fiber composites based on silicone elastomers for the monitoring of the position of a robot arm

Antonia Georgopoulou, Silvain Michel, Bram Vanderborght, Frank Clemens

Citations: 66 • 2020

Increasing the payload capacity of soft robot arms by localized stiffening

Daniel Bruder, Moritz A. Graule, Clark B. Teeple, Robert J. Wood

Citations: 59 • 2023

VIBRATION SUPPRESSION IN USING ACTIVE MODAL CONTROL

Y. A. Khulief

Citations: 53 • 2001

Dynamic Flexible Hydrogel Network with Biological Tissue-like Self-Protective Functions

Wenda Wang, Li Xiang, Diana Diaz‐Dussan, Jiawen Zhang, Wenshuai Yang, Lu Gong, Jingsi Chen, Ravin Narain, Hongbo Zeng

Citations: 49 • 2020

Control algorithms for stiffening an elastic industrial robot

H.-B. Kuntze, A. Jacubasch

Citations: 48 • 1985

Use of aligned fibers to enhance the performance of dielectric elastomer inchworm robots

Samuel Shian, Katia Bertoldi, David R. Clarke

Citations: 47 • 2015