A Lesson from Plants: High‐Speed Soft Robotic Actuators

Elastic Energy Storage Enables Rapid and Programmable Actuation in Soft Machines

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Analytical network-averaging of the tube model: Strain-induced crystallization in natural rubber

(2018) Vu Ngoc Khiêm et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Design and proof of concept for multi degree of freedom hydrostatically coupled dielectric elastomer actuators with roto-translational kinematics for object handling

(2018) A De Acutis et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

The inflation of viscoelastic balloons and hollow viscera

(2018) Riccardo De Pascalis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

A physically-based model for strain-induced crystallization in natural rubber. Part II: Derivation of the mechanical model

(2018) Alice Gros et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Wave-Handling Systems

(2017) Tao Wang et al.   Soft Robotics

Theory of dielectric elastomers

(2013) Zhigang Suo   ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA

Using Explosions to Power a Soft Robot

(2013) Robert F. Shepherd et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

(2012) Samuel Rosset et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Giant voltage-induced deformation in dielectric elastomers near the verge of snap-through instability

(2012) Tiefeng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Snap-through actuation of thick-wall electroactive balloons

(2011) Stephan Rudykh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Development and control of a multifingered robotic hand using a pneumatic tendon-driven actuator

(2011) Jun-Ya Nagase et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Mechanisms of large actuation strain in dielectric elastomers

(2011) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Elastic instability model of rapid beak closure in hummingbirds

(2011) M.L. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

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(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Harnessing snap-through instability in soft dielectrics to achieve giant voltage-triggered deformation

(2011) Christoph Keplinger et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical Inspiration from the Plant World

(2010) P. T. Martone et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Nonlinear oscillation of a dielectric elastomer balloon

(2010) Jian Zhu et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

(2010) E. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydrostatically Coupled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2009) F. Carpi et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Optimization of a Pneumatic Balloon Tactile Display for Robot-Assisted Surgery Based on Human Perception

(2008) Chih-Hung King et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING