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Automatic design of fiber-reinforced soft actuators for trajectory matching by Connolly, Fionnuala, Walsh, Conor J., Bertoldi, Katia

“…Soft actuators are the components responsible for producing motion in soft robots. Although soft actuators have allowed for a variety of innovative…”
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Textile Technology for Soft Robotic and Autonomous Garments by Sanchez, Vanessa, Walsh, Conor J., Wood, Robert J.

“…Textiles have emerged as a promising class of materials for developing wearable robots that move and feel like everyday clothing. Textiles represent a…”
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Human-in-the-loop Bayesian optimization of wearable device parameters by Kim, Myunghee, Ding, Ye, Malcolm, Philippe, Speeckaert, Jozefien, Siviy, Christoper J, Walsh, Conor J, Kuindersma, Scott

“…The increasing capabilities of exoskeletons and powered prosthetics for walking assistance have paved the way for more sophisticated and individualized control…”
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Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit by Kim, Jinsoo, Lee, Giuk, Heimgartner, Roman, Arumukhom Revi, Dheepak, Karavas, Nikos, Nathanson, Danielle, Galiana, Ignacio, Eckert-Erdheim, Asa, Murphy, Patrick, Perry, David, Menard, Nicolas, Choe, Dabin Kim, Malcolm, Philippe, Walsh, Conor J

“…Walking and running have fundamentally different biomechanics, which makes developing devices that assist both gaits challenging. We show that a portable…”
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A Highly Sensitive Capacitive‐Based Soft Pressure Sensor Based on a Conductive Fabric and a Microporous Dielectric Layer by Atalay, Ozgur, Atalay, Asli, Gafford, Joshua, Walsh, Conor

“…In this paper, the design and manufacturing of a highly sensitive capacitive‐based soft pressure sensor for wearable electronics applications are presented…”
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Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly by Mosadegh, Bobak, Polygerinos, Panagiotis, Keplinger, Christoph, Wennstedt, Sophia, Shepherd, Robert F., Gupta, Unmukt, Shim, Jongmin, Bertoldi, Katia, Walsh, Conor J., Whitesides, George M.

“…Soft robots actuated by inflation of a pneumatic network (a “pneu‐net”) of small channels in elastomeric materials are appealing for producing sophisticated…”
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Ultra-sensitive and resilient compliant strain gauges for soft machines by Araromi, Oluwaseun A., Graule, Moritz A., Dorsey, Kristen L., Castellanos, Sam, Foster, Jonathan R., Hsu, Wen-Hao, Passy, Arthur E., Vlassak, Joost J., Weaver, James C., Walsh, Conor J., Wood, Robert J.

“…Soft machines are a promising design paradigm for human-centric devices 1 , 2 and systems required to interact gently with their environment 3 , 4 . To enable…”
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A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke by Awad, Louis N, Bae, Jaehyun, O'Donnell, Kathleen, De Rossi, Stefano M M, Hendron, Kathryn, Sloot, Lizeth H, Kudzia, Pawel, Allen, Stephen, Holt, Kenneth G, Ellis, Terry D, Walsh, Conor J

“…Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically slow and metabolically expensive. Passive assistive devices such as ankle-foot orthoses are often…”
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A biologically inspired soft exosuit for walking assistance by Asbeck, Alan T., De Rossi, Stefano M.M., Holt, Kenneth G., Walsh, Conor J.

“…We present the design and evaluation of a multi-articular soft exosuit that is portable, fully autonomous, and provides assistive torques to the wearer at the…”
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Artificial intelligence meets medical robotics by Yip, Michael, Salcudean, Septimiu, Goldberg, Ken, Althoefer, Kaspar, Menciassi, Arianna, Opfermann, Justin D, Krieger, Axel, Swaminathan, Krithika, Walsh, Conor J, Huang, He Helen, Lee, I-Chieh

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medical robots are bringing a new era to medicine. Advanced medical robots can perform diagnostic and surgical…”
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Robotic Artificial Muscles: Current Progress and Future Perspectives by Zhang, Jun, Sheng, Jun, O'Neill, Ciaran T., Walsh, Conor J., Wood, Robert J., Ryu, Jee-Hwan, Desai, Jaydev P., Yip, Michael C.

“…Robotic artificial muscles are a subset of artificial muscles that are capable of producing biologically inspired motions useful for robot systems, i.e., large…”
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Autonomous multi-joint soft exosuit with augmentation-power-based control parameter tuning reduces energy cost of loaded walking by Lee, Sangjun, Kim, Jinsoo, Baker, Lauren, Long, Andrew, Karavas, Nikos, Menard, Nicolas, Galiana, Ignacio, Walsh, Conor J

“…Soft exosuits are a recent approach for assisting human locomotion, which apply assistive torques to the wearer through functional apparel. Over the past few…”
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Wearable Movement Sensors for Rehabilitation: A Focused Review of Technological and Clinical Advances by Porciuncula, Franchino, Roto, Anna Virginia, Kumar, Deepak, Davis, Irene, Roy, Serge, Walsh, Conor J., Awad, Louis N.

“…Recent technologic advancements have enabled the creation of portable, low‐cost, and unobtrusive sensors with tremendous potential to alter the clinical…”
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Soft robotic sleeve supports heart function by Roche, Ellen T, Horvath, Markus A, Wamala, Isaac, Alazmani, Ali, Song, Sang-Eun, Whyte, William, Machaidze, Zurab, Payne, Christopher J, Weaver, James C, Fishbein, Gregory, Kuebler, Joseph, Vasilyev, Nikolay V, Mooney, David J, Pigula, Frank A, Walsh, Conor J

“…There is much interest in form-fitting, low-modulus, implantable devices or soft robots that can mimic or assist in complex biological functions such as the…”
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Wearable soft sensing suit for human gait measurement by Mengüç, Yiğit, Park, Yong-Lae, Pei, Hao, Vogt, Daniel, Aubin, Patrick M., Winchell, Ethan, Fluke, Lowell, Stirling, Leia, Wood, Robert J., Walsh, Conor J.

“…Wearable robots based on soft materials will augment mobility and performance of the host without restricting natural kinematics. Such wearable robots will…”
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Biologic-free mechanically induced muscle regeneration by Cezar, Christine A., Roche, Ellen T., Vandenburgh, Herman H., Duda, Georg N., Walsh, Conor J., Mooney, David J.

“…Severe skeletal muscle injuries are common and can lead to extensive fibrosis, scarring, and loss of function. Clinically, no therapeutic intervention exists…”
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Assisting hand function after spinal cord injury with a fabric-based soft robotic glove by Cappello, Leonardo, Meyer, Jan T, Galloway, Kevin C, Peisner, Jeffrey D, Granberry, Rachael, Wagner, Diana A, Engelhardt, Sven, Paganoni, Sabrina, Walsh, Conor J

“…Spinal cord injury is a devastating condition that can dramatically impact hand motor function. Passive and active assistive devices are becoming more commonly…”
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Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance by Siviy, Christopher, Baker, Lauren M., Quinlivan, Brendan T., Porciuncula, Franchino, Swaminathan, Krithika, Awad, Louis N., Walsh, Conor J.

“…Exoskeletons can augment the performance of unimpaired users and restore movement in individuals with gait impairments. Knowledge of how users interact with…”
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Interaction Forces of Soft Fiber Reinforced Bending Actuators by Zheng Wang, Polygerinos, Panagiotis, Overvelde, Johannes T. B., Galloway, Kevin C., Bertoldi, Katia, Walsh, Conor J.

“…Soft-bending actuators are inherently compliant, compact, and lightweight. They are preferable candidates over rigid actuators for robotic applications ranging…”
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Capacitive Soft Strain Sensors via Multicore-Shell Fiber Printing by Frutiger, Andreas, Muth, Joseph T., Vogt, Daniel M., Mengüç, Yiǧit, Campo, Alexandre, Valentine, Alexander D., Walsh, Conor J., Lewis, Jennifer A.

“…A new method for fabricating textile integrable capacitive soft strain sensors is reported, based on multicore–shell fiber printing. The fiber sensors consist…”
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