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Jian-Tao Yao

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Open access Oct 2026

From Free Wrapping to Contact Gripping: Mechanical Response of a Vacuum-Driven Soft Actuator

Soft robots adapt to object shapes through structural compliance; wrapping actuators generate gripping force through continuous enveloping contact. This study presents a vacuum-driven pneumatic helical spring (PHS) actuator and a simplified analytical model linking manufacturing constraints, free shape, gripping force,...

Wu-Mian Zhao, Xin-Bo Chen, Chun-Jie Wei et al. · 0 citations
Nov 2026

Variable-Structure Soft Actuator for Multi-Mode Grasping

Soft actuators are widely used in grasping tasks involving irregularly shaped and fragile objects due to their inherent compliance. However, most existing soft actuators lack shape-morphing capabilities, making it difficult to achieve optimal grasping performance when faced with different operational scenarios. Inspire...

Xuan-Hao Zhang, Jian-Tao Yao, Shuai Zhang et al. · 0 citations

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