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Closed-Loop Haptic Feedback Control Using a Self-Sensing Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin

Stéphanie Lacour, Jamie Paik, Harshal Arun Sonar, Aaron Powers Gerratt
2020
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Abstract

In this article, we achieve a closed-loop control over haptic feedback, first time for an entirely soft platform. We prototyped a novel self-sensing soft pneumatic actuator (SPA) with soft strain sensors, called SPA-skin, which withstands large multiaxial strains and is capable of high-frequency sensing and actuation. To close-loop control the haptic feedback, the platform requires a cohesively integrated system. Our system consists of a stretchable low profile (

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Stéphanie Lacour, Jamie Paik, Harshal Arun Sonar, Aaron Powers Gerratt
2020
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/84dca032-6940-4ef3-a043-0e117a5bc797

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