Erratum: Novel bio-inspired soft actuators for upper-limb exoskeletons: design, fabrication and feasibility study

An erratum on
Novel bio-inspired soft actuators for upper-limb exoskeletons: design, fabrication and feasibility study

by Zhang H, Naquila G, Bae J, Wu Z, Hingwe A and Deshpande A (2024). Front. Robot. AI 11:1451231. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1451231

Due to a production error, there was a mistake in Figures 3–9 as published. The images were inserted in the incorrect order and did not match the respective captions. The corrected Figures 3–9 appear below.

Figure 3

Figure 3. FEM simulation of the stress distribution of LISPER with a pressure range from 10 kPa to 65 kPA. Note: The c-shaped brace is hidden on the image for clear demonstration.

Figure 4

Figure 4. (A, D) Comparison between modelings and experimental bending angle for LISPER and SCASPER, respectively. (B, E) Comparison between analytical model-based prediction, FEA, and experiment on Pressure vs. Force and Pressure vs. Torque of LISPER and SCASPER under different fixed angles. (C, F) Comparison between the PID model-free controller and the model-based position controller applied to the elbow and shoulder, respectively.

Figure 5

Figure 5. FEM simulation of stress distribution of SCASPER with pressure range from 10 kPa to 90 kPa.

Figure 6

Figure 6. The comparison in the simulation of LISPER with and without c-shaped braces.

Figure 7

Figure 7. The comparison of LISPER actuator with or without braces at 65 kPa pressure input. Figure (A) is LISPER without braces and Figure (B) is with braces.

Figure 8

Figure 8. Geometric diagram of LISPER. (A) The sectional view of the silicone rubber body. The outer ring section is constrained by PLA rings, the inner ring is the smallest contour of each bellow segment. (A1) The zoomed-in view of three pieces of bellow segments. (B) The labeling of three sections of small ring, arc, wall, and base. (C) Dimension labeling of the inner ring before inflation. (D) Dimension labeling of the inner ring after inflation. (F) Equivalent center of gravity and equivalent moment of arm. (G) Side view of the base section when it is bent.

Figure 9

Figure 9. Geometric diagram of SCASPER. (A) The geometric labeling of SCASPER before and after compressed. F is the force output r1 is the moment of the arm from the contact point between the airbags to the center of rotation. (B) The sectional view of one airbag before and after compression from the environment. (C) The width of each airbag from the top view. (D) The geometric labeling of the PU pipe when they are bent.

The publisher apologizes for this mistake. The original version of this article has been updated.