M08 - Soft Robotics Flashcards
1
Q
What is soft robotics?
A
- nature as a design template
- stretchable materials
- large on passive degrees of freedom
- encode logic circuits in design/materials
- obtain external information through interactions
- smart materials
2
Q
What does the actuation (pneumatic) do?
A
- information about the object is obtained through vision
- encoding information in the structure (elastic strain + magnetization
3
Q
Give examples of actuation?
A
Electrically Responsive
Magnetically Responsive
Chemically Responsive
Thermally Responsive
Photo Responsive
Pressure Driven
4
Q
How does a controller work?
A
Receives data from sensors, processes them and sends command to the motors
5
Q
What is computation?
A
Computation is any type of calculation that include both arithmetical and non-arithmetical steps and which follow a well-defined model (e.g. an algorithm)
6
Q
What is a morphological computation?
A
A computation that can be done by the body itself (don’t need brain or a processor)
7
Q
What do sensors do?
A
Provide information about the state of the robot and external environment to the microcontroller
