Bill of Materials

This section will give a list of items that are used in this project. You can download a more detailed Bill of Materials sheet here.

Note: Many of the items listed are just examples and you can use your own discretion to substitute parts which are easier or cheaper to obtain. 

Molds

From Download Section you can download the .stl files for these molds. They can be printed with a  3D printer.

Materials

Tools

Equipment

Contributors

Iris De Falco

Bibliography

Cianchetti et al. (2013) STIFF-FLOP Surgical Manipulator: mechanical design and experimental characterization of the single module. 

De Falco et al. (2014) A soft and controllable stiffness manipulator for minimally invasive surgery: preliminary characterization of the modular design. 

De Falco et al. (2014) STIFF-FLOP surgical manipulator: design and preliminary motion evaluation.

De Falco et al. (2015) Design and fabrication of an elastomeric unit for soft modular robots in minimally invasive surgery.

Ranzani et al. (2013) A modular soft manipulator with variable stiffness.

Elsayed et al. (2014) Finite Element Analysis and Design Optimization of a Pneumatically Actuating Silicone Module for Robotic Surgery Applications.

L. Vyas et al. (2011) Flexible Robotics.

Laschi et al. (2014) Soft Robotics: new perspectives for robot bodyware and control.

Cheng et al. (2012) Design and Analysis of a Robust, Low-cost, Highly Articulated Manipulator Enabled by Jamming of Granular Media.

Allen et al. (2014) Robotic Granular Jamming: Does the Membrane Matter?