A Soft Master-Slave Robot Mimicking Octopus Arm Structure Using Thin Artificial Muscles and Wire Encoders

An octopus arm with a flexible structure and no rigid skeleton shows a high degree of freedom and flexibility. These excellent features are suitable for working in an environment having fragile and unknown-shaped objects. Therefore, a soft robot arm resembling an octopus arm can be useful as a harve...

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Main Authors: Shota Furukawa, Shuichi Wakimoto, Takefumi Kanda, Hiroki Hagihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Actuators
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/8/2/40