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Inflatable soft jumper inspired by shell snapping

232 Citations2020
Benjamin Gorissen, David Melancon, Nikolaos Vasios

This study focuses on spherical caps that exhibit isochoric snapping when pressurized under volume-controlled conditions and provides the foundation for the design of an emerging class of fluidic soft devices that can convert a slow input signal into a fast output deformation.

Abstract

<jats:p>Isochoric snapping of elastomeric spherical caps enables fast actuation in fluidic soft robots.</jats:p>