... Abstract The design phase in robotics engineering is the core action for defining functionality. In soft robotics, especially in soft grabbing mechanisms, the challenge is to envision the interaction with different objects in terms of shape, size and stiffness. By enhancing the design phase...

... system. We further discuss the potential of the proposed technology to create low-cost, non-volatile, and long-term storage solutions for data storage applications. multifunctional metamaterial digital information storage triboelectric nanogenerators logic robotics Proceedings of the ASME...

... delivers an early proof of concept based on a prototype for an SMA-actuated grasp therapy device for neurological rehabilitation. automated rehabilitation robotics SMA actuator Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems SMASIS2021...

... PAM optimized integrated robotics controls efficient space flight fabrication swaging PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND VERIFICATION TESTING FOR SPACE FLIGHT APPLICATION Christopher J. Netwall1, James P. Thomas, Michael S. Kubista, Kerry A. Griffith...

... U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D.C. Phillip A. Feerst Norman Wereley PAF Engineering University of Maryland Alexandria, VA College Park, MD ABSTRACT The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has been developing a space-rated 7 degree of freedom (DOF) robot arm with a high payload-to-mass...