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Octopus skin was characterized to set design criteria for the artificial skin of an octopus-inspired robot. Young’s moduli, failure strain and ultimate stress were obtained via uniaxial tensile tests. The fracture toughness of the skin was measured by using scissors cutting tests. Silicone rubber is waterproof and has a failure strain higher than 500%, but its fracture toughness is much lower than that of the real octopus skin. To overcome this problem, a knitted nylon fabric was chosen as reinforcement. A fabrication process was developed to optimize the stiffness and improve the quality of the skin artifact. Test results showed that the skin artifact is more flexible and tougher than the real skin.
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Hou, J., Bonser, R.H.C., Jeronimidis, G. (2012). Development of Sensorized Arm Skin for an Octopus Inspired Robot – Part I: Soft Skin Artifacts. In: Prescott, T.J., Lepora, N.F., Mura, A., Verschure, P.F.M.J. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7375. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31525-1_39
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