Leveraging Passive Compliance of Soft Robotics for Physical Human-Robot Collaborative Manipulation

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Main Authors: Cordon, Dallin L., Moss, Shaden, Killpack, Marc, Salmon, John L.
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Published: 2025
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author Cordon, Dallin L.
Moss, Shaden
Killpack, Marc
Salmon, John L.
author_facet Cordon, Dallin L.
Moss, Shaden
Killpack, Marc
Salmon, John L.
contents This work represents an initial benchmark of a large-scale soft robot performing physical, collaborative manipulation of a long, extended object with a human partner. The robot consists of a pneumatically-actuated, three-link continuum soft manipulator mounted to an omni-directional mobile base. The system level configuration of the robot and design of the collaborative manipulation (co-manipulation) study are presented. The initial results, both quantitative and qualitative, are directly compared to previous similar human-human co-manipulation studies. These initial results show promise in the ability for large-scale soft robots to perform comparably to human partners acting as non-visual followers in a co-manipulation task. Furthermore, these results challenge traditional soft robot strength limitations and indicate potential for applications requiring strength and adaptability.
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spellingShingle Leveraging Passive Compliance of Soft Robotics for Physical Human-Robot Collaborative Manipulation
Cordon, Dallin L.
Moss, Shaden
Killpack, Marc
Salmon, John L.
Robotics
This work represents an initial benchmark of a large-scale soft robot performing physical, collaborative manipulation of a long, extended object with a human partner. The robot consists of a pneumatically-actuated, three-link continuum soft manipulator mounted to an omni-directional mobile base. The system level configuration of the robot and design of the collaborative manipulation (co-manipulation) study are presented. The initial results, both quantitative and qualitative, are directly compared to previous similar human-human co-manipulation studies. These initial results show promise in the ability for large-scale soft robots to perform comparably to human partners acting as non-visual followers in a co-manipulation task. Furthermore, these results challenge traditional soft robot strength limitations and indicate potential for applications requiring strength and adaptability.
title Leveraging Passive Compliance of Soft Robotics for Physical Human-Robot Collaborative Manipulation
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.08184