Flexural rigidity

Rigidity-tuning conductive elastomer

Wanliang Shan, Stuart Diller, Abbas Tutcuoglu, Carmel Majidi

Citations: 119 • 2015

Variable Stiffness Devices Using Fiber Jamming for Application in Soft Robotics and Wearable Haptics

Saurabh Jadhav, Mohamad Ramzi Abdul Majit, Benjamin Shih, Jürgen P. Schulze, Michael T. Tolley

Citations: 113 • 2021

A Soft Gripper with Rigidity Tunable Elastomer Strips as Ligaments

Amir Mohammadi Nasab, Amin Sabzehzar, Milad Tatari, Carmel Majidi, Wanliang Shan

Citations: 106 • 2017

Design and modelling of a variable stiffness manipulator for surgical robots

Huu Minh Le, Lin Cao, Thanh Nho, Soo Jay Phee

Citations: 61 • 2018

Continuously Variable Stiffness Mechanism Using Nonuniform Patterns on Coaxial Tubes for Continuum Microsurgical Robot

Jongwoo Kim, Woo-Young Choi, Sungchul Kang, Chunwoo Kim, Kyu‐Jin Cho

Citations: 58 • 2019

An Octopus-Inspired Bionic Flexible Gripper for Apple Grasping

Jie Pi, Jun Liu, Kehong Zhou, Mingyan Qian

Citations: 56 • 2021

Manipulation of a flexible object by dual manipulators

Kazuhiro Kosuge, Hidehiro Yoshida, Toshio Fukuda, M. Sakai, Kiyoshi Kanitani

Citations: 54 • 2002

Cactus-inspired design principles for soft robotics based on 3D printed hydrogel-elastomer systems

Anil Bastola, Nadia Rodriguez, Marc Behl, Patrícia Soffiatti, Nick Rowe, Andreas Lendlein

Citations: 53 • 2021

A soft continuum robot, with a large variable-stiffness range, based on jamming

Yanzhi Zhao, Shan Yu, Jie Zhang, Kaida Guo, Lizhe Qi, Longguang Han, Hongnian Yu

Citations: 50 • 2019

Tuning the Rigidity of Silk Fibroin for the Transfer of Highly Stretchable Electronics

Jun Huang, Liu Wang, Yuming Jin, Peng Lü, Linlin Wang, Ningning Bai, Gang Li, Pang Zhu, Yan Wang, Jianming Zhang, Zhigang Wu, Chuan Fei Guo

Citations: 49 • 2020

Flexural stiffness of thick walled composite tubes

Mutahir Ahmad, Suong V. Hoa

Citations: 48 • 2016

Modeling a Symmetrically-Notched Continuum Neurosurgical Robot With Non-Constant Curvature and Superelastic Property

Wenhui Zeng, Junyan Yan, Kim Yan, Xu Huang, Xuefeng Wang, Shing Shin Cheng

Citations: 44 • 2021

Thermal analysis and design of a multi-layered rigidity tunable composite

Wanliang Shan, Tao Lu, Zhi‐Hua Wang, Carmel Majidi

Citations: 42 • 2013

Statics modeling of an underactuated wire-driven flexible robotic arm

Zheng Li, Ruxu Du, Haoyong Yu, Hongliang Ren

Citations: 42 • 2014

Sensor enabled closed-loop bending control of soft beams

Jennifer C. Case, Edward L. White, Rebecca K. Kramer

Citations: 39 • 2016

Optical Nanofiber Skins for Multifunctional Humanoid Tactility

Yao Tang, Longteng Yu, Jing Pan, Ni Yao, Weidong Geng, Xiong Li, Limin Tong, Lei Zhang, Zhengyou Zhang, Aiguo Song

Citations: 39 • 2023

Energy-Efficient Surface Propulsion Inspired by Whirligig Beetles

Xinghua Jia, Zongyao Chen, Andrew Riedel, Ting Si, W.R. Hamel, Mingjun Zhang

Citations: 35 • 2015

Flexible flapping wings with self-organized microwrinkles

Hiroto Tanaka, Hiroyuki Okada, Yosuke Shimasue, Hao Liu

Citations: 35 • 2015

Segmentations in fins enable large morphing amplitudes combined with high flexural stiffness for fish-inspired robotic materials

Florent Hannard, Mohammad Mirkhalaf, Abtin Ameri, François Barthelat

Citations: 32 • 2021

Inclined Links Hyper-Redundant Elephant Trunk-Like Robot

O. Salomon, Alon Wolf

Citations: 32 • 2012