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Mechanics of Soft Active Structures for Compliant Manipulation

Research seminar with Wanliang Shan, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University.

4/21/2023
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Spanos Auditorium, Cummings Hall
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars

Optional ZOOM LINK
Meeting ID: 952 2532 2147
Passcode: 558753

Soft robotics offers a range of advantages over their conventional rigid counterparts, especially in cases where human-machine-environment interactions are involved. Soft structures with dynamically tunable adhesion/friction have ample applications in robotic manipulation, locomotion and haptics. This talk will focus on mechanics of soft active structures for compliant manipulation of various objects with different sizes, weights, curvatures, and texture. Existing approaches to compliant robotic manipulation will be first reviewed, and then novel approaches to dynamically tunable adhesion through subsurface stiffness/pressure modulation will be proposed and explored thoroughly. The underlying mechanics will be elaborated for improved performances of the soft active structures with tunable adhesion/friction for soft robotics applications. Implications and future work on these topics will also be discussed. 

Co-hosted by Professors Jifeng Liu and Vikrant Vaze.

For more information, contact:
Amos Johnson
amos.l.johnson@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://graduate.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=70211

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