3D Shrinking for Rapid Fabrication of Origami-Inspired Semi-Soft Pneumatic Actuators

Soft actuators are an essential component of soft robots. They are also well suited for human-friendly robots due to their intrinsic safety. The advantages of origami structures have motivated the development of origami-inspired semi-soft actuators. In this paper, a novel rapid, systematic and cost-effective fabrication method for durable origami-inspired semi-soft pneumatic actuators is presented. The proposed method employs heat-shrinkable …