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A miniaturized wall-climbing segment robot inspired by caterpillar locomotion.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 15, 2017
Caterpillars are very successful soft-bodied climbers that navigate in complex environments. This paper develops a multi-segmented robot climbing on vertical surfaces using dry adhesive pads, inspired by caterpillar locomotion. The miniaturized robot...
Gait studies for a quadrupedal microrobot reveal contrasting running templates in two frequency regimes.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 15, 2017
Performance metrics such as speed, cost of transport, and stability are the driving factors behind gait selection in legged locomotion. To help understand the effect of gait on the performance and dynamics of small-scale ambulation, we explore four q...
Template for the neural control of directed stepping generalized to all legs of MantisBot.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 8, 2017
We previously developed a neural controller for one leg of our six-legged robot, MantisBot, that could direct locomotion toward a goal by modulating leg-local reflexes with simple descending commands from a head sensor. In this work, we successfully ...
Propulsive performance of an under-actuated robotic ribbon fin.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 2, 2017
Many aquatic animals propelled by elongated undulatory fins can perform complex maneuvers and swim with high efficiency at low speeds. In this propulsion, one or multiple waves travel along an elastic fin composed of flexible rays. In this study, we ...
Design of hair-like appendages and comparative analysis on their coordination toward steady and efficient swimming.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
May 22, 2017
The locomotion of water beetles has been widely studied in biology owing to their remarkable swimming skills. Inspired by the oar-like legs of water beetles, designing a robot that swims under the principle of drag-powered propulsion can lead to high...
Study on electric energy consumed in intermittent series-parallel elastic actuators (iSPEA).
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Apr 6, 2017
On compliant actuators, intermittent series-parallel elastic actuators (iSPEA) can reduce motor load by variable load cancellation through recruitment of parallel springs by a single motor. However, the potential to reduce electric energy consumed, c...
Towards autonomous locomotion: CPG-based control of smooth 3D slithering gait transition of a snake-like robot.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Apr 4, 2017
Snake-like robots with 3D locomotion ability have significant advantages of adaptive travelling in diverse complex terrain over traditional legged or wheeled mobile robots. Despite numerous developed gaits, these snake-like robots suffer from unsmoot...
A bio-inspired electrocommunication system for small underwater robots.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Mar 29, 2017
Weakly electric fishes (Gymnotid and Mormyrid) use an electric field to communicate efficiently (termed electrocommunication) in the turbid waters of confined spaces where other communication modalities fail. Inspired by this biological phenomenon, w...
Honey bee hairs and pollenkitt are essential for pollen capture and removal.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Mar 23, 2017
While insect grooming has been observed and documented for over one hundred years, we present the first quantitative analysis of this highly dynamic process. Pollinating insects, like honey bees, purposely cover themselves with millions of pollen par...
Thin polymeric films for building biohybrid microrobots.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Mar 6, 2017
This paper aims to describe the disruptive potential that polymeric thin films have in the field of biohybrid devices and to review the recent efforts in this area. Thin (thickness < 1 mm) and ultra-thin (thickness < 1 µm) matrices possess a seri...
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