To address the problems of extra radiation dose caused by image-guided radiotherapy, a dual-actuator lung-like soft robot inspired by the muscle hydrostatic structure of annelids was designed to simulate the respiratory deformation of human lungs in vitro. The 3D modeling and finite element simulation of the lung-like soft robots were carried out. The simulation results show that the axial actuator may increase the degree of deformability of the lung-like soft robots and makes it more inclined to the real lung deformability. The deformation characteristics of the lung-like soft robots were analyzed by means of conformal geometry. The deformation performance of the robots was tested by experiments. The results show that when the radial actuator pressure is as 1 kPa and 2 kPa and the axial actuator pressure is as 7 kPa, the z-axis elongation of the radial actuator is as 10.95% and 8.87%, respectively. The designed lung-like soft robots may meet the requirements of imitating lung deformation. Finally, the relationship between the deformation extent and the inflation pressure was obtained by linear fitting, which may be applied to the deformation control of the lung-like soft robots.
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