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Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Materials Science
  • Sensors

Background:

  • Soft robots offer adaptability through shape-changing capabilities.
  • Integrating sensors into soft robots poses fabrication and robustness challenges.
  • Existing sensing methods often require complex design modifications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a versatile sensing strategy for soft fluidic actuators.
  • To enable retrofitting of sensing capabilities without altering existing designs.
  • To demonstrate tactile sensing and closed-loop control applications.

Main Methods:

  • Measuring fluidic input required to activate soft actuators during environmental interaction.
  • Correlating fluidic input with the actuator's deformed state.
  • Retrofitting the sensing strategy to various pneumatic soft actuators and grippers.

Main Results:

  • Successful tactile sensing of object size, shape, surface roughness, and stiffness.
  • Demonstrated robustness in closed-loop control for sorting, fruit picking, and ripeness detection.
  • Validated the strategy on diverse existing soft fluidic devices.

Conclusions:

  • Soft fluidic actuators can achieve useful sensing without embedded sensors or design changes.
  • The proposed fluidic sensing strategy is versatile and robust.
  • Environmental interaction leading to volume change is key for this sensing approach.