Design Optimizer for 2D Soft Growing Robot Manipulators

More details and insights into the research paper: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952197623018778

Follow these steps to run the program:

1. Launch 'appdesigner' by entering the command in the command window and pressing enter, or navigate to 'Apps' and select 'Design App.'
2. Select 'Open.'
3. Locate and choose the file named 'app4_UI_Prototype.mlapp.'
4. Execute the program by running it.

Authors:

• F. Stroppa
• A. Alashtar
• O. Nurcan
• E. Demirel
• E. Özen

Contact Info:

• F. Stroppa ([e-mail])
• O. Nurcan ([e-mail])

References:

• F. Stroppa. Design Optimizer for Planar Soft-Growing Robot Manipulators. In Elsevier Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 130, 2024 (URL).
• O. Nurcan, A. Astar, O. Kalafatlar, and F. Stroppa. Target Handling Modalities with Obstacle Avoidance for Planar Soft Growing Manipulator Design. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025 (URL).

Tutorial Videos:

• 2D Soft Robot Application - Optimizer Tutorial (URL)
• 2D Soft Robot Application - Motion Planner Tutorial (URL)