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. 2021 Feb 17;6(51):eabg6994.

doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abg6994.

Pneumatic soft robots take a step toward autonomy

Anoop Rajappan¹, Barclay Jumet¹, Daniel J Preston²

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¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, William Marsh Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, William Marsh Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA. djp@rice.edu.

PMID: 34043532
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abg6994

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Pneumatic soft robots take a step toward autonomy

Anoop Rajappan et al. Sci Robot. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 17;6(51):eabg6994.

doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abg6994.

Authors

Anoop Rajappan¹, Barclay Jumet¹, Daniel J Preston²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, William Marsh Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, William Marsh Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA. djp@rice.edu.

PMID: 34043532
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abg6994

Abstract

A four-legged soft robot walks, rotates, and reacts to environmental obstacles by incorporating a soft pneumatic control circuit.

Copyright © 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.

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Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots.
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