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US 2016/0250758 A1Published application
Soft robot device and related fabrication methods
AssigneeCornell University
InventorsRobert Shepherd, Huichan Zhao, Ahmed Elsamadisi
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Abstract
By rotationally casting soft robots, no bonding of different material layers is required. Soft robots including one or more integrated enclosed compartments are constructed from fibers that are embedded directly into the mold prior to adding elastomeric precursors.
Claims6
A method for making a soft robot, comprising the steps of:
- creating a mold including a base and a cavity;
- embedding fibers into the cavity of the mold;
- adding an elastomeric precursor into the cavity of the mold;
- using rotational casting to disperse the elastomeric precursor within the cavity of the mold;
- constructing a soft actuator device including the elastomeric precursor and the fibers, the soft actuator device comprising one or more integrated enclosed compartments;
- and
- removing the soft actuator device from the cavity of the mold.
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