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A ribbed soft manipulator prototype. (a) The arm is composed of homogeneous and independently actuated ribbed segments (e). The base of the arm's first segment is fixed (a) and the end of its last segment is the end-effector (c). Markers (b) identify the endpoints of each segment, and ball transfers (d) mitigate friction. (b) Photographs of the ribbed manipulator prototype.
