Morphing Limbs with Distributed Actuation, Sensing and Variable Stiffness for Turtle- and Tortoise-Inspired Amphibious Locomotion
Abstract
The objective of the proposed effort is to develop the first soft robotic morphing limb platform capable of matching its morphology" and stiffness to its environment. Inspired by the morphologies of sea turtles and tortoises, the proposed amphibious limb will inte""grate distributed fluidic actuators, sensors, and variable stiffness to reconfigure between a flipper state and a leg state. Locomot"ion efficiency will be measured during both aquatic propulsion and terrestrial locomotion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jun 09, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712604
Entities
People
- Rebecca Kramer
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Yale University