Thermal Casting for Monolithic Soft Actuators

Huacen Wang1; Boyu Yang1; Junling Mei1; Yujin Dai1; Yixuan Xia1; Hongqiang Wang2

10.1109/ROBIO55434.2022.10011742

2022

978-1-6654-8110-6

2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)

2063-2068

5-9 Dec. 2022

Jinghong, China

Soft robotics has significantly impacted many fields in the last decades. However, their current fabrication methodologies are limited by the assemble complexity, limited materials, or long duration. A monolithic thermal casting method for fabrication of elastomer and soft robotics based on thermoset polymer is introduced. In this work, we used simple heating cores to manufacture elastomers and soft actuators. By controlling the heating current and duration, we can adjust the thermal field and consequently change the configuration of the generated elastomer. Due to its short duration (several minutes), this method can benefit the mass production of soft robots for high efficiency. Also, this work offers a new way to design soft robotics without complex molds.

Fabrication Actuators Casting Spirals Wires Metals Soft robotics

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IEEE

1.Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
2.Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China

Huacen Wang,Boyu Yang,Junling Mei,et al. Thermal Casting for Monolithic Soft Actuators[C],2022:2063-2068.