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Pinched Tubes for Reconfigurable Robots
­Background When a soft tube is pinched, its stiffness is lowered at the pinching location, making it possible to buckle the tube at the pinch location. This phenomenon can be stimulated through the use of mechanical interference and vacuum, tendon-based pulling forces, or by pushing out a hinge from the inside. Once pinched, a hinge is formed...
Published: 2/23/2023   |   Inventor(s): Daniel Aukes, Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Yuhao Jiang, Nick Gravish, Mingsong Jiang
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Category(s): Physical Science, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical