Title
Plenary speakers: Soft robots as an E-kagen artifact
Abstract
I have developed various types of soft actuators and robots since 1986. In this presentation, first, I will talk about several examples of my works on soft robotics, which include (1) pneumatic rubber actuators, (2) their medical applications, (3) functional rubber surfaces, and (4) hose-free pneumatics. Next, I will talk about my current works of thin soft muscle and its applications to (1) soft power support suits, (2) musculo-skeletal robots and (3) Giacometti robots. At the end of my talk I would like to talk about the significance of soft robotics in the history of robotics using a Japanese word “E-kagen”, which has two opposite meanings. One is positive meaning of good, proper and moderate and the other is negative meaning of irresponsible, imprecise and vague.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2018.8404886
2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)
Field
DocType
ISBN
Computer science,Soft robotics,Human–computer interaction,Pneumatics,Artificial intelligence,Robot,Robotics
Conference
978-1-5386-4517-8
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Koichi Suzumori122765.75