Abstract
Peristaltic pumping in nature allows for the transport of various media in a simple and secure way. Different types of peristaltic pumps exist in the application area of soft robotics. Most systems are based on pneumatic network (pneu-net) fluidic elastomer actuators or artificial muscle actuators. In this study the development of a pump actuated by foam-based, flexible, compliant and lightweight ring actuators is presented. Utilizing a custom built pump test bench the soft robotic ring actuators are characterized in terms of contraction rate and volumetric displacement. Furthermore we introduce a flexible and elastic soft robotic peristaltic pumping system as an alternative to conventional technical pumps.
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Esser, F., Steger, T., Bach, D., Masselter, T., Speck, T. (2017). Development of Novel Foam-Based Soft Robotic Ring Actuators for a Biomimetic Peristaltic Pumping System. In: Mangan, M., Cutkosky, M., Mura, A., Verschure, P., Prescott, T., Lepora, N. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10384. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_12
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