Fig. 1.

(A) Outer and stiffer braids are added to the latex tube to create fluidic segments with highly nonlinear response. (B) Snapshots of a segment characterized by $\left(L_{braid},L_{tube}\right)=\left(46,20\right)$ during inflation at $v=0,10,20$ mL. Evolution of (C) pressure (p) and (D) length (l) as a function of the supplied volume (v) for 36 fluidic segments characterized by $L_{braid}=40-50$ mm and $L_{tube}=20-30$ mm. (Scale bars: 10 mm.)