Publications
Self-healing and high interfacial strength in multi-material soft pneumatic robots via reversible Diels-Alder bonds Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In new-generation soft robots, the actuation performance can be increased by using multiple materials in the actuator designs. However, the lifetime of these actuators is often limited due to failure that occurs at the weak multi-material interfaces that rely almost entirely on physical interactions and where stress concentration appears during actuation. This paper proposes to develop soft pneumatic actuators out of multiple Diels-Alder ...
Self-Healing Material Design and Optimization for Soft Robotic Applications Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Humins Blending in Thermoreversible Diels-Alder Networks for Stiffness Tuning and Enhanced Healing Performance for Soft Robotics Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Humins Blending in Thermoreversible Diels–Alder Networks for Stiffness Tuning and Enhanced Healing Performance for Soft Robotics KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A Multi-Material Self-Healing Soft Gripper Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the field of soft robotics, the material selection plays an important role and markedly influences the properties of the actuators. More complex actuators can be manufactured by combining the strengths of multiple materials in a single design. To allow this, a good connection between the different materials is indispensable. Making a physical connection between flexible materials, having different properties, is difficult and leads to ...