Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 21, 2022
How to further improve the dexterity of continuum robots so that they can quickly change their structural size like flexible biological organs is a key challenge in the field of robotics. To tackle this dexterity challenge, this paper proposes a soft...
IEEE transactions on cybernetics
Jun 16, 2022
In this article, we develop a robust sliding-mode nonlinear predictive controller for brain-controlled robots with enhanced performance, safety, and robustness. First, the kinematics and dynamics of a mobile robot are built. After that, the proposed ...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 12, 2022
Currently, there is an intensive development of bipedal walking robots. The most known solutions are based on the use of the principles of human gait created in nature during evolution. Modernbipedal robots are also based on the locomotion manners of...
Scientific reports
Jun 8, 2022
In order to solve the inverse kinematics (IK) of complex manipulators efficiently, a hybrid equilibrium optimizer slime mould algorithm (EOSMA) is proposed. Firstly, the concentration update operator of the equilibrium optimizer is used to guide the ...
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
Jun 6, 2022
Redundant manipulators could be efficient tools in industrial production as a result of their dexterity. However, existing kinematic control methods for redundant manipulators have two main disadvantages. On one hand, model uncertainties or unknown k...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 3, 2022
Performing the machining of complex surfaces can be a challenging task for a robot, especially in terms of collaborative robotics, where the available motion capabilities are greatly reduced in comparison with conventional industrial robot arms. It i...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
May 30, 2022
Amid increasing demands for planetary exploration, wide-range autonomous exploration is still a great challenge for existing planetary rovers, which calls for new planetary rovers with novel locomotive mechanisms and corresponding control strategies....
Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi
May 27, 2022
PURPOSE: Robot-assisted technology is a forefront of surgical innovation that improves the accuracy of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). But whether the accuracy of surgery can improve the clinical efficacy still needs further research. The purpose of t...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
May 27, 2022
In the aquatic world jet propulsion is a highly successful locomotion method utilized by a variety of species. Among them cephalopods such as squids excel in their ability for high-speed swimming. This mechanism inspires the development of underwater...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
May 26, 2022
Bio-inspired transverse brachiation robots mimic the movement of human climbers as they traverse along ledges on a vertical wall. The constraints on the locomotion of these robots differ considerably from those of conventional brachiation robots due ...