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A biomimetic underwater vehicle actuated by waves with ionic polymer-metal composite soft sensors.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 28, 2015
The ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) is a soft material based actuator and sensor and has a promising potential in underwater application. This paper describes a hybrid biomimetic underwater vehicle that uses IPMCs as sensors. Propelled by the en...
Transducers Elastic Modulus Energy Transfer Manufactured Materials Equipment Failure Analysis Hardness Electric Power Supplies Water Movements Robotics Equipment Design Polymers Motion Ships Biomimetics Ions Rheology Hydrodynamics Computer-Aided Design Metals
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Effect of bladder wall thickness on miniature pneumatic artificial muscle performance.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 28, 2015
Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are actuators known for their high power to weight ratio, natural compliance and light weight. Due to these advantages, PAMs have been used for orthotic devices and robotic limbs. Small scale PAMs have the same adv...
Computer Simulation Models, Biological Biomimetics Artificial Organs Miniaturization Elastomers Computer-Aided Design Muscle, Skeletal Robotics Equipment Design Elastic Modulus Stress, Mechanical Pressure Muscle Contraction Equipment Failure Analysis
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Modelling cephalopod-inspired pulsed-jet locomotion for underwater soft robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 28, 2015
Cephalopods (i.e., octopuses and squids) are being looked upon as a source of inspiration for the development of unmanned underwater vehicles. One kind of cephalopod-inspired soft-bodied vehicle developed by the authors entails a hollow, elastic shel...
Cephalopoda Equipment Design Models, Biological Ships Computer Simulation Biomimetics Animals Computer-Aided Design Robotics Rheology Swimming Equipment Failure Analysis Elastic Modulus Animal Shells
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Slithering towards autonomy: a self-contained soft robotic snake platform with integrated curvature sensing.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 3, 2015
Soft robotic snakes promise significant advantages in achieving traveling curvature waves with a reduced number of active segments as well as allowing for safe and adaptive interaction with the environment and human users. However, current soft robot...
Computer-Aided Design Robotics Equipment Design Gait Models, Biological Machine Learning Computer Simulation Animals Equipment Failure Analysis Systems Integration Feedback, Physiological Spatial Navigation Snakes Motion Biomimetics Sensation Pressure
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Minimal feedback to a rhythm generator improves the robustness to slope variations of a compass biped.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Aug 20, 2015
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the field of dynamic walking and bio-inspired robots. However, while walking and running on a flat surface have been studied extensively, walking dynamically over terrains with varying slope remain...
Feedback, Physiological Spatial Navigation Central Pattern Generators Biological Clocks Models, Neurological Humans Robotics Computer Simulation Gait Computer-Aided Design Biomimetics Leg
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A miniature surface tension-driven robot using spatially elliptical moving legs to mimic a water strider's locomotion.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Aug 4, 2015
The highly agile and efficient water-surface locomotion of the water strider has stimulated substantial interest in biomimetic research. In this paper, we propose a new miniature surface tension-driven robot inspired by the water strider. A key featu...
Leg Energy Transfer Walking Biomimetics Surface Tension Equipment Failure Analysis Humans Animals Computer-Aided Design Robotics Equipment Design
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Dynamics of underwater legged locomotion: modeling and experiments on an octopus-inspired robot.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 30, 2015
This paper studies underwater legged locomotion (ULL) by means of a robotic octopus-inspired prototype and its associated model. Two different types of propulsive actions are embedded into the robot model: reaction forces due to leg contact with the ...
Equipment Failure Analysis Computer Simulation Extremities Octopodiformes Equipment Design Models, Biological Ships Animals Biomimetics Computer-Aided Design Swimming Immersion Robotics
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An integrated CAD/CAM/robotic milling method for custom cementless femoral prostheses.

Medical engineering & physics Jul 22, 2015
Aseptic loosening is the primary cause of cementless femoral prosthesis failure and is related to the primary stability of the cementless femoral prosthesis in the femoral cavity. The primary stability affects both the osseointegration and the long-t...
Imaging, Three-Dimensional Robotics Prosthesis Design Models, Biological Calibration Drosophila Proteins Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip Femur Hip Prosthesis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Animals Computer-Aided Design Swine Bone-Implant Interface Precision Medicine
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Design and Fabrication of a Six Degree-of-Freedom Open Source Hand.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Jun 15, 2015
Currently, most externally powered prostheses are controlled using electromyography (or EMG), which is the measure of the electrical signals that are produced when voluntary muscle is contracted. One of the major problems is that there are a limited ...
Prosthesis Design Models, Biological Biomimetics Equipment Failure Analysis Humans Hand Strength Computer Simulation Robotics Computer-Aided Design Hand Artificial Limbs
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MEMS sensors for assessing flow-related control of an underwater biomimetic robotic stingray.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics May 18, 2015
A major difference between manmade underwater robotic vehicles (URVs) and undersea animals is the dense arrays of sensors on the body of the latter which enable them to execute extreme control of their limbs and demonstrate super-maneuverability. The...
Swimming Equipment Design Lateral Line System Feedback Equipment Failure Analysis Ships Animals Skates, Fish Transducers Biomimetics Computer-Aided Design Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems Rheology Robotics
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