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ArticleFrontiers in robotics and AI2019

An Opposite-Bending-and-Extension Soft Robotic Manipulator for Delicate Grasping in Shallow Water.

Zheyuan Gong, Bohan Chen, Jiaqi Liu, Xi Fang, Zemin Liu, Tianmiao Wang, Li Wen

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Article in Frontiers in robotics and AI, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Zheyuan GongSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Bohan ChenSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Jiaqi LiuSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Xi FangSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Zemin LiuSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Tianmiao WangSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Li WenSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.

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Abstract

Collecting seafood animals (such as sea cucumbers, sea echini, scallops, etc.) cultivated in shallow water (water depth: ~30 m) is a profitable and an emerging field that requires robotics for replacing human divers. Soft robotics have several promising features (e.g., safe contact with the objects, lightweight, etc.) for performing such a task. In this paper, we implement a soft manipulator with an opposite-bending-and-extension structure. A simple and rapid inverse kinematics method is proposed to control the spatial location and trajectory of the underwater soft manipulator's end effector. We introduce the actuation hardware of the prototype, and then characterize the trajectory and workspace. We find that the prototype can well track fundamental trajectories such as a line and an arc. Finally, we construct a small underwater robot and demonstrate that the underwater soft manipulator successfully collects multiple irregular shaped seafood animals of different sizes and stiffness at the bottom of the natural oceanic environment (water depth: ~10 m).

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graspinginverse kinematicssoft manipulatorsoft roboticsunderwater robot

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PMID33501042
PMCPMC7805983

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