Passersby couldn’t help but be mesmerized by a curious contraption on display at Clippard’s booth at MD&M West 2025. The ...

Abstract: Controlling the bending angle of the pneumatic soft bending actuator (PSBA) under external loads presents a significant challenge. Previous studies have indicated that the Koopman-based ...

In this article, we introduce a novel soft extending pneumatic actuator, which combines a compliant scissor structure inspired by human cartilage and soft pneumatic muscles. The structure behaves as a ...

[Dominick Lee] is a high school senior, and he was able to whip together this awesome flight simulator made out of PVC pipe ... instead of 6 actuators, this one runs on only two pneumatic cylinders.