SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

Authors

Filip Ilievski, Santa Clara, CA
Xin Chen, Cambridge, MA
Aaron D. Mazzeo, Duenellen, NJ
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA
Robert F. Shepherd, Brooktondale, NY
Ramses V. Martinez, Somerville, MA
Won Jae Choi, Cambridge, MA
Sen Wai Kwok, Watertown, MA
Stephen A. Morin, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Adam Stokes, Watertown, MA
Zhihong Nie, Cambridge, MA

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2017

Citation

Pub. No.: US 2017/0097021 A1

Comments

ILIEVSKI et al.

Appl. No.: 15/289,436

Abstract

A soft robotic device includes a flexible body having a width, a length and a thickness, wherein the thickness is at least 1 mm, the flexible body having at least one channel disposed within the flexible body, the channel defined by upper, lower and side walls, wherein at least one wall is strain limiting; and a pressurizing inlet in fluid communication with the at least one channel, the at least one channel positioned and arranged such that the wall opposite the strain limiting wall preferentially expands when the soft robotic device is pressurized through the inlet.