Pump Up the Jam: Granular Media as a Quasi‐Hydraulic Fluid for Independent Control Over Isometric and Isotonic Actuation
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104402
Abstract: Elastomer‐granule composites have been used to switch between soft and stiff states by applying negative pressure differentials that cause the membrane to squeeze the internal grains, inducing dilation and jamming. Applications of this phenomenon have… read more here.
Keywords: independent control; hydraulic fluid; quasi hydraulic; actuation ... See more keywords