Recycling-oriented design in soft robotics

Anh Minh Nguyen; Arthur Seibel

doi:10.3390/ACT8030062

Recycling-oriented design in soft robotics

Anh Minh Nguyen
, Arthur Seibel^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Hamburg University of Technology

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10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Soft robotics is a novel approach in the field of robotics. Soft robots or soft actuators are typically polymer-based and are characterized by their flexibility and adaptability, which brings new far-reaching applications. Soft robotics is currently at the peak of its research. One circumstance that is also present in this age is constant climate change; there is a demand for sustainability. This goes hand in hand with the design of products that are suitable for recycling. Today, more is expected of an engineer than just function-oriented design. This article looks at soft robotics from the point of view of sustainability. Since nature operates in cycles, the aim is to design products in such a way that they can be introduced into cycles. Three recycling cycles for products can be distinguished, which take place during production, during product use, and after product life. Within the framework of this work, special design measures are reviewed for fluidic elastomer actuators—a characteristic type of soft actuators—so that they can be integrated into the recycling process.

Original language	English
Article number	62
Journal	Actuators
Volume	8
Issue number	3
Number of pages	11
ISSN	2076-0825
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ACT8030062
Publication status	Published - 09.2019
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: The publication of this article was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) in the funding programme “Open Access Publishing”.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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Research areas and keywords

Fluidic elastomer actuators (FEAs)
Recycling-oriented design
Soft robotics
Engineering

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Control and Optimization
Control and Systems Engineering

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