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  • Soft Robotics
  • Mechanical Engineering

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  • Complex environments in surgery and search-and-rescue demand adaptable soft robotic devices.
  • Existing soft actuators often struggle to balance dexterity with space constraints.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design, fabricate, model, and characterize monolithic, inflatable, soft Stacked Balloon Actuators (SBAs).
  • To evaluate SBAs for applications requiring dexterity in confined spaces.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical modeling based on geometry.
  • Finite element method (FEM) modeling, including real-time FEM.
  • Characterization of one and three degree-of-freedom (DoF) SBAs for stroke, force, and workspace.

Main Results:

  • SBAs demonstrate large deformations while folding nearly flat when deflated.
  • Characterization data provides insights into SBA performance.
  • Demonstrations showcase SBA capabilities in small-aperture navigation, bracing, and workspace enhancement.

Conclusions:

  • Monolithic, inflatable SBAs are suitable for complex environments.
  • SBAs offer a promising solution for dexterous robotic tasks in space-constrained applications.