Strategies to Control Performance of 3D-Printed, Cable-Driven Soft Polymer Actuators: From Simple Architectures to Gripper Prototype

The following is a study of the performance of soft cable-driven polymer actuators produced by multimaterial 3D printing. We demonstrate that the mechanical response of the polymer actuator with an embedded cable can be flexibly tuned through the targeted selection of actuator architecture. Various...

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Main Authors: Slesarenko, Viacheslav (Author), Galich, Pavel I. (Author), Vladimirsky, Dmitry (Author), Rudykh, Stephan (Contributor), Galich, Pavel (Author), Engelkemier, Seiji H. (Contributor), Kleiner, Gregory A (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2018-08-27T15:53:20Z.
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