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Fabrication

Modeling and Design Tool for Soft Pneumatic Actuators

  • Design
    • 1. Shell-reinforced SPA
    • 2. Multi-Chamber SPA
  • Modeling
    • Demo 1: Multi-Chamber Bending SPA
    • Demo 2: Multi-Chamber Linear SPA
    • Demo 3: Shell-Reinforced Bending SPA
    • Demo 4: Shell-Reinforced Linear SPA
  • Fabrication
    • 1. Shell-Reinforced SPA Fabrication
    • 2. Multi-Chamber SPA Fabrication
  • Case Studies
    • Case Study 1: Linear SPA Design for Soft Exoskeleton
    • Case Study 2: Bending SPA Design for Hand Rehabilitation Glove
  • Open-Source Downloads
  • Corresponding Author

The fabrication procedure for the single-chamber shell-reinforced actuators and the multi-chamber unconstrained actuators is discussed in detail in this section. 

Bibliography

Agarwal et al. (2016) Stretchable Materials for Robust Soft Actuators towards Assistive Wearable Devices

Moseley et al. (2015) Modeling, Design, and Development of Soft Pneumatic Actuators with Finite Element Method

Sonar et al. (2016) Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin with Piezoelectric Sensors for Vibrotactile Feedback

Paez et al. (2016) Design and Analysis of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Origami Shell Reinforcement

Contributors

Dr. Gunjan Agarwal

Dr. Philip Moseley

Dr. Juan Florez

Harshal Sonar

Prof. William Curtin

Prof. Jamie Paik

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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