List of materials: Latax tube (3/8 in ID, 1/32 in wall)Cotton windings (crochet thread)Rubber cementLiquid latex coating https://youtu.be/MEci05LwchY FREE Winding MoldsExperimental Mechanical Winding MachineFinished FREE … [Read more...]
Ryan Balis
Ryan Bailis is a current junior at Bucknell University studying Computer Engineering and Management. He has been involved with the soft-robotics research lab since January 2019 where he has been studying the dynamic response of a Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosure (FREE). Through experimentation and mathematical modeling, his work has focused on altering material … [Read more...]
Devin Whalen
Devin Whalen is a junior majoring in electrical engineering with a concentration in physical electronics, a minor in physics, and a minor in math. Devin is part of the Presidential Fellows program at Bucknell and excited to be returning to the soft robotics research team this semester. Devin’s interests outside of engineering include painting, singing, playing guitar, and … [Read more...]
Keith Buffinton
Keith W. Buffinton is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University. Prof. Buffinton received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering summa cum laude from Tufts University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Following his graduate studies, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in … [Read more...]
Cooking Demonstration
This demo was completed a last year and is featured on our home page. Follow the link to see a demonstration of the FREE module in a faux kitchen setting. https://youtu.be/gT5bpmcvvNI … [Read more...]