Systematic engineering design helps creating new soft machines
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In: Robotics and Biomimetics, Vol. 5, 5, 26.10.2018.
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T1 - Systematic engineering design helps creating new soft machines
AU - Seibel, Arthur
AU - Schiller, Lars
N1 - © The Author(s) 2018
PY - 2018/10/26
Y1 - 2018/10/26
N2 - Soft robotics is an emerging field in the robotics community which deals with completely new types of robots. However, often new soft robotic designs depend on the ingenuity of the engineer rather being systematically derived. For this reason, in order to support the engineer in the design process, we present a design methodology for general technical systems in this paper and explain it in depth in the context of soft robotics. The design methodology consists of a combination of state-of-the-art engineering concepts that are arranged in such a way that the engineer is guided through the design process. The effectiveness of a systematic approach in soft robotics is illustrated on the design of a new gecko-inspired, climbing soft robot.
AB - Soft robotics is an emerging field in the robotics community which deals with completely new types of robots. However, often new soft robotic designs depend on the ingenuity of the engineer rather being systematically derived. For this reason, in order to support the engineer in the design process, we present a design methodology for general technical systems in this paper and explain it in depth in the context of soft robotics. The design methodology consists of a combination of state-of-the-art engineering concepts that are arranged in such a way that the engineer is guided through the design process. The effectiveness of a systematic approach in soft robotics is illustrated on the design of a new gecko-inspired, climbing soft robot.
KW - Engineering
KW - Soft robotics
KW - Design methodology
KW - Gecko-inspired robot
KW - Climbing robot
U2 - 10.1186/s40638-018-0088-4
DO - 10.1186/s40638-018-0088-4
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 5
JO - Robotics and Biomimetics
JF - Robotics and Biomimetics
SN - 2197-3768
M1 - 5
ER -