Haptic Intelligence
Miscellaneous
2025
A Method for Single-Input Sequencing of Hyperelastic Balloons
This study demonstrates that encasing a hyperelastic balloon in an inextensible sleeve greatly increases its burst pressure while not influencing its minimum pressure. This simple mechanical behavior can be used to produce an asymmetric inflation-deflation sequence for coupled balloons with different thicknesses so they could serve as a soft robot's rear and front anchors when driven from a single fluid supply.
| Author(s): | Ifat Gertler and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Month: | April |
| BibTeX Type: | Miscellaneous (misc) |
| Address: | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| How Published: | Extended abstract (3 pages) presented at the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) |
| State: | Published |
BibTeX
@misc{Gertler25-RSEA-Balloons,
title = {A Method for Single-Input Sequencing of Hyperelastic Balloons},
abstract = {This study demonstrates that encasing a hyperelastic balloon in an inextensible sleeve greatly increases its burst pressure while not influencing its minimum pressure. This simple mechanical behavior can be used to produce an asymmetric inflation-deflation sequence for coupled balloons with different thicknesses so they could serve as a soft robot's rear and front anchors when driven from a single fluid supply.},
howpublished = {Extended abstract (3 pages) presented at the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)},
address = {Lausanne, Switzerland},
month = apr,
year = {2025},
author = {Gertler, Ifat and Kuchenbecker, Katherine J.},
month_numeric = {4}
}