Mould for a soft bending actuator

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This basic mould can be 3D printed (from ABS or PLA) to be used as part of the soft lithography process for fabricating a soft bending actuator following the ribbed morphology.The main mould creates the actuator's body with the internal pneumatic channels, while the base layer mould can be used to create a 2 mm thick layer as the actuator base for sealing the channels. Design was used in this work: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957415817301496