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Stimulus-driven liquid metal and liquid crystal network actuators for programmable soft robotics.

Materials horizons Aug 31, 2021
Sophisticated soft matter engineering has been endorsed as an emerging paradigm for developing untethered soft robots with built-in electronic functions and biomimetic adaptation capacities. However, the integration of flexible electronic components ...
Liquid Crystals Electronics Biomimetics Humans Metals Robotics
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An Optogenetics-Inspired Flexible van der Waals Optoelectronic Synapse and its Application to a Convolutional Neural Network.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Aug 22, 2021
Optogenetics refers to a technique that uses light to modulate neuronal activity with a high spatiotemporal resolution, which enables the manipulation of learning and memory functions in the human brain. This strategy of controlling neuronal activity...
Neural Networks, Computer Light Electronics Rhenium Synapses Electric Conductivity Optogenetics Biomimetics Sulfides
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A Novel Biomimetic Compliant Structural Skin Based on Composite Materials for Biorobotics Applications.

Soft robotics Aug 10, 2021
Biorobotics is increasingly attracting engineers worldwide, due to the high impact this field can have on the society. Biorobotics aims at imitating or taking inspiration from mechanisms and strategies evolved by animals, including their locomotion a...
Elastic Modulus Animals Equipment Design Robotics Biomimetics Locomotion
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A Flexible Multimodal Sole Sensor for Legged Robot Sensing Complex Ground Information during Locomotion.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Aug 9, 2021
Recent achievements in the field of computer vision, reinforcement learning, and locomotion control have largely extended legged robots' maneuverability in complex natural environments. However, little research focuses on sensing and analyzing the ph...
Humans Robotics Biomimetics Locomotion Touch Perception
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Swarming Aqua Sperm Micromotors for Active Bacterial Biofilms Removal in Confined Spaces.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) Aug 8, 2021
Microscale self-propelled robots show great promise in the biomedical field and are the focus of many researchers. These tiny devices, which move and navigate by themselves, are typically based on inorganic microstructures that are not biodegradable ...
Male Biofilms Catfishes Animals Biomimetics Microtechnology Equipment Contamination Robotics Equipment Design Spermatocytes
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Design and experimental evaluation of the novel undulatory propulsors for biomimetic underwater robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 26, 2021
Inspired by wide and elongated fins of aquatic species, robotic undulatory propulsors are developed to achieve advanced maneuverability. Through biological observation, undulatory fins are typically comprised of more than 100 fin rays to propagate co...
Swimming Animal Fins Animals Robotics Biomimetics Biomechanical Phenomena
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Photo-Detachable Self-Cleaning Surfaces Inspired by Gecko Toepads.

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids Jul 2, 2021
Strong, reversible, and self-cleaning adhesion in the toe pads of geckos allow the lizards to climb on a variety of vertical and inverted surfaces, regardless of the surface conditions, whether hydrophobic or hydrophilic, smooth or tough, wet or dry,...
Adhesives Artificial Intelligence Animals Biomimetics Adhesiveness Lizards
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The rise of intelligent matter.

Nature Jun 16, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the development of unconventional computing paradigms inspired by the abilities and energy efficiency of the brain. The human brain excels especially in computationally intensive cognitive tasks, such as p...
Artificial Intelligence Robotics Equipment Design Biomimetics Biomimetic Materials Humans Skin, Artificial Homeostasis Environment Colloids Enzymes Physical Stimulation
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Biomimetic Hairy Whiskers for Robotic Skin Tactility.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) May 8, 2021
Touch sensing is among the most important sensing capabilities of a human, and the same is true for smart robotics. Current research on tactile sensors is mainly concentrated on electronic skin (e-skin), but e-skin is prone to be easily dirtied, dama...
Vibrissae Mechanoreceptors Hair Touch Skin Humans Biomimetics Animals Biomimetic Materials Robotics
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Development of the Ultralight Hybrid Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Modelling and optimization.

PloS one Apr 22, 2021
Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are one of the key technologies in soft robotics, and they enable actuation in mobile robots, in wearable devices and exoskeletons for assistive and rehabilitative purposes. While they recently showed relevant impr...
Movement Plastics Handwriting Equipment Design Rehabilitation Skin Biomimetics Vacuum Inventions Muscle Contraction Humans Wearable Electronic Devices Algorithms Muscle, Skeletal Robotics
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