SPONGE: Open-Source Designs of Modular Articulated Soft Robots
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| author | Habich, Tim-Lukas Haack, Jonas Belhadj, Mehdi Lehmann, Dustin Seel, Thomas Schappler, Moritz |
| author_facet | Habich, Tim-Lukas Haack, Jonas Belhadj, Mehdi Lehmann, Dustin Seel, Thomas Schappler, Moritz |
| contents | Soft-robot designs are manifold, but only a few are publicly available. Often, these are only briefly described in their publications. This complicates reproduction, and hinders the reproducibility and comparability of research results. If the designs were uniform and open source, validating researched methods on real benchmark systems would be possible. To address this, we present two variants of a soft pneumatic robot with antagonistic bellows as open source. Starting from a semi-modular design with multiple cables and tubes routed through the robot body, the transition to a fully modular robot with integrated microvalves and serial communication is highlighted. Modularity in terms of stackability, actuation, and communication is achieved, which is the crucial requirement for building soft robots with many degrees of freedom and high dexterity for real-world tasks. Both systems are compared regarding their respective advantages and disadvantages. The robots' functionality is demonstrated in experiments on airtightness, gravitational influence, position control with mean tracking errors of <3 deg, and long-term operation of cast and printed bellows. All soft- and hardware files required for reproduction are provided. |
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| spellingShingle | SPONGE: Open-Source Designs of Modular Articulated Soft Robots Habich, Tim-Lukas Haack, Jonas Belhadj, Mehdi Lehmann, Dustin Seel, Thomas Schappler, Moritz Robotics Soft-robot designs are manifold, but only a few are publicly available. Often, these are only briefly described in their publications. This complicates reproduction, and hinders the reproducibility and comparability of research results. If the designs were uniform and open source, validating researched methods on real benchmark systems would be possible. To address this, we present two variants of a soft pneumatic robot with antagonistic bellows as open source. Starting from a semi-modular design with multiple cables and tubes routed through the robot body, the transition to a fully modular robot with integrated microvalves and serial communication is highlighted. Modularity in terms of stackability, actuation, and communication is achieved, which is the crucial requirement for building soft robots with many degrees of freedom and high dexterity for real-world tasks. Both systems are compared regarding their respective advantages and disadvantages. The robots' functionality is demonstrated in experiments on airtightness, gravitational influence, position control with mean tracking errors of <3 deg, and long-term operation of cast and printed bellows. All soft- and hardware files required for reproduction are provided. |
| title | SPONGE: Open-Source Designs of Modular Articulated Soft Robots |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10734 |