livMatS Turtle Walker - fully integrated bioinspired soft robot

The bioinspired soft walker is controlled by the fully integrated pneumatic logic gates. Plug a 4 mm pneumatic tube into the socket in its back and pressurize it with 1.75 bar @3.44 L/min and the soft robot starts to walk. Its gait is inspired by the diagonal gait of a turtle. If you want to read more about the science behind our soft robot and its control you can read the paper here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adh4060  

This video shows the walker in action and its robustness: 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-falk-tauber-38125993_robotics-innovation-softrobotics-activity-7158745859583578112-Nj_1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop 

And if you want to learn more about our research and our other robots please have a look at: 

https://www.livmats.uni-freiburg.de/en/research/demonstrators 

The soft robot is printed in TPU A70, please be aware to select avoid crossing perimeters. 

Here are our print parameters: 

• Nozzle Diameter:               0.4

• Default Extrusion Width:  0.3

• Layer Height:                      0.1

• Perimeters:                           5 

• Bottom Layers:                   10

• Top Layers:                          10

• Perimeter Generator:         Classic

• Avoid Crossing Perimeters: on

• Seam Position:                    random

• Infill:                                     95%

• Print Temperature:             220 °C

• Max Volumetric Flow:        0.5 mm^3/s

• Over extrusion:                   125%