Alice C. Haynes:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-6902
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Annie Lywood: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: Resources
Emily M. Crowe:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8265-7791
Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Jessica L. Fielding:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0950-4788
Role: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Jonathan M. Rossiter: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing
– review & editing
Christopher Kent: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Desmond J. Oathes: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date Collection: 2022
Publication date
(Electronic):
9
March
2022
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0259838
Affiliations
[1
]
Engineering Mathematics Department, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
[2
]
Soft Robotics Group, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Bristol, United Kingdom
[3
]
Bonnie Binary Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom
[4
]
Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[5
]
School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The commercial affiliation with Bonnie Binary does not alter our adherence to PLOS
ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development
or marketed products associated with this research to declare.
‡ACH, JMR and CK are primary authors of this work. ACH, AL and JMR authors developed
the prototypes and hardware for this study. JLF and CK authors were primary supervisors
for the experiment in this study.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-21-05514
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259838
PMC ID: 8906645
PubMed ID: 35263344
SO-VID: 04ddbd3c-5cd2-4989-ac7a-0b34f185fb45
Copyright © © 2022 Haynes et al
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by:
Brigstow Institute
Award ID: Seedcorn
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
Award ID: EP/N509619/1
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-6902
Alice C. Haynes
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
Award ID: EP/M020460/1
Award Recipient
:
Jonathan M. Rossiter
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
Award ID: EP/R02961X/1
Award Recipient
:
Jonathan M. Rossiter
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
Award ID: EP/S026096/1
Award Recipient
:
Jonathan M. Rossiter
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
Award ID: EP/T020792/1
Award Recipient
:
Jonathan M. Rossiter
The prototype development was funded by a seedcorn grant from the Brigstow Institute,
University of Bristol, UK which also supported author A.L. in the form of consultation
fees. A.H is supported through the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (EP/N509619/1).
J.R. is supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering as a Chair in Emerging Technologies
and by the EPSRC (grants EP/M020460/1, EP/R02961X/1, EP/S026096/1 and EP/T020792/1).
A.L. received a salary from Bonnie Binary during the timeframe of this project. The
specific role of the author is articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to
publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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