Dynamic simulation of articulated soft robots

Weicheng Huang; Xiaonan Huang; Carmel Majidi; M. Khalid Jawed

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15651-9

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Dynamic simulation of articulated soft robots

Weicheng Huang,
Xiaonan Huang,
Carmel Majidi,
M. Khalid Jawed

Affiliations

Weicheng Huang: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Xiaonan Huang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Carmel Majidi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
M. Khalid Jawed: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15651-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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To advance the design of soft robots, novel computational frameworks that accurately model the dynamics of soft material systems are required. Here, the authors report a numerical framework for studying locomotion in limbed soft robots that is based on the discrete elastic rods algorithm.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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