A large-scale, light-weight, and soft braided robot manipulator with rapid expansion capabilities

A key challenge in soft robotics is how to design self-supported large-scale soft robots. In order to address this we have created a braided manipulator. The manipulator consists of a biaxially braided cylinder made from twelve glass-fiber enforced rods. The manipulator measures 1.38m in height in its equilibrium state and has a diameter of 8.5cm at the top and 20.0cm at the base and only weighs 3...