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Soft robotics

And inflatables

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Fab Lab Kamp-lintfort

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What is it ?

Soft robotics is an emergent field in robots and materials, that use pneumatics for control and actuation of devices simulating the smoothness and smartness that is found in living organisms

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Applications

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SNU BioRobotics Lab�

Tangible media Lab�

Support daily activities

Exo-Glove Poly (Extended) (Seoul National University)

Printflatables

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Rob Scharff TU Delft �

OTHERLAB COMPANY https://otherlab.com/�

Soft Robotic Arm

Soft Robotic Limb

Pneubotics

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University of Pennsylvania, School of Design Simon Kim�

Architecture

SOFT ROBOTICS APPLIED TO ARCHITECTURE

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Stuttgart university�

Structure pavillon

Frei Otto

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Interactive environments

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Under My Skin

interactive costume which

can mimic animal reaction in terms of

fear, breed and prototection. The reason

of the making this project is coming from

my previous emotinal process. There was

a time that I analyze every inch of my

skin.

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Inflatable chest belt

belt to induce calm in sufferers of anxiety disorder or by other people who find themselves in stressful situations. The belt is to be worn around the chest and incorporates a fabric stretch sensor over the diaphragm that detects fast breathing rates

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process

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2D

Dynamic inflatables

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Principles

Folds and thermal sealing.

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Materials

Extensible thermoplastic fabric

Termotransfer vinyl

Fusible materials

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Design Behaviour

Angle,

20, 30, 45, 60 °

Thickness of the lines (variation from 10. Pt)

Thickness of the material: relation of the definition of the line thickness

Curves, geometrical forms

Rotation

Shrink

Expansion.

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Rotation

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Rotation

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Rotation

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shrink

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shrink

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Angles

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3D

3D Printed and Casting

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Towards Behavior Design of a 3D-Printed Soft Robotic Hand.R. Scharff T:U. Delft

Design Behaviour

An illustration of different parts used in our design—from left to right, a bending actuators, b rotational actuator, c bidirectional actuator and d sensing air chambers

Bending Actuators

Rotational Actuator

Bidirectional Actuator

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Sensing Air Chambers

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Casting and fabrication

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How to do it !

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What does 'Shore Hardness' mean?

Shore Hardness is a measure of the resistance a material has to indentation

soft rubbers, rigid plastics, and supersoft gels, for example

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Ecoflex 00-30

NEUKASIL RTV145

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Result - troubleshooting

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Smart memory Alloys

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Smart memory Alloys

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B. Haworth, M.Kretzer Liquid Things, Die Angewandte, Vienna http://materiability.com/portfolio/soft-robots-diy/�

Experimentation with colors

Materiality DIY soft Robots

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Controlling the sensors with DC pump motors