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Soft tactile sensor and curvature sensor for caterpillar-like soft robot's adaptive motion

  • Xin Yuan
  • , Huicong Liu
  • , Jiakang Zou
  • , Guoqing Jin*
  • , Lining Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Soochow University

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Abstract

Soft robots are designed to interact safely with their environment and move through narrow place in a way a rigid robot cannot. In order for the soft robot to be completely soft, it should consist of as more as soft component. In this paper, a PneuNet soft robot imitating bionic caterpillar are fabricated. In addition, the soft tactile sensor and curvature sensor consisted of silicon rubber and liquid metal are made and characterized. The soft robot combine with the sensors to realize the external environment perception and motion detection. The soft robot can adaptively crawl across different height channel without complex control and can measure the height of the channel.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Control and Artificial Intelligence, RICAI 2019
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages690-695
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450372985
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Sep 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Control and Artificial Intelligence, RICAI 2019 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 20 Sep 201922 Sep 2019

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference2019 International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Control and Artificial Intelligence, RICAI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period20/09/1922/09/19

Keywords

  • Adaptive motion
  • Curvature sensor
  • Liquid metal
  • Tactile sensor

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