Pneumatic soft robots take a step toward autonomy

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.

Comment

Anoop Rajappan et al. Sci Robot. 2021.

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

doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abg6994.

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.

Abstract

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

Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots.
Drotman D, Jadhav S, Sharp D, Chan C, Tolley MT. Drotman D, et al. Sci Robot. 2021 Feb 17;6(51):eaay2627. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.aay2627. Sci Robot. 2021. PMID: 34043527