Additive Manufacturing for Self-Healing Robotics KU Leuven
The increasing use of robots in close proximity to humans is giving a major impulse to the development of soft robotics, in which unexpected loads or impacts are dealt with by flexibility and adaptability rather than by making the structure stiffer and stronger than needed for its regular tasks. However, flexibility and softness of actuators and structures entails an inherent sensitivity to damage caused by sharp objects. Anyone having cut ...