Fabrication of soft robotics moving by vibration

Abstract

The soft robots that are being developed right now does not have a fixed method of fabrication and is fabricated via human hand or 3D printers and such, and its materials vary from silicone to rubber. Therefore, when developing a soft robot, fabrication method and used material needs to be decided from wide range of options which makes the development time consuming. Furthermore, the current soft robots require external force in order to operate. Therefore, we have conducted a fundamental research on soft robot that uses vibration as a source of power using gelatin as a material. Also, the fabrication of gelatin using electrical discharge machining has been investigated.