Robots that can adapt to their environment due to their skin-like flexibility and are made of silicone-like materials bring many advantages, but also challenges. Research is being carried out into how a methodical approach to the design and development of these systems can be implemented. This involves modeling the dynamics on the basis of structural models and implementing test rigs to identify and validate the models generated.
The controlled movement of pneumatically actuated systems represents a central challenge in this research work. Model-based control strategies are being developed, investigated and compared.
The project is part of the priority program 2100 (https://www.spp2100.de/).
