High-Force Soft Printable Pneumatics for Soft Robotic Applications

Hong Kai Yap, Hui Yong Ng, and Chen-Hua Yeow. Soft Robotics. September 2016, 3(3): 144-158. doi: This work presents a novel technique for direct 3D printing of soft pneumatic actuators using 3D printers based on fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology. Existing fabrication techniques for soft pneumatic actuators with complex inner geometry are normally time-consuming and involve multistep processes. A low-cost open-source consumer 3D printer and a commercially available printing m