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A detachable crawling robotic hand.

Nature communications
The human hand is often viewed as the pinnacle of dexterity, and many robotic hands adopt anthropomorphic designs, while others pursue non-anthropomorphic forms for structural balance or task optimization. However, human-like asymmetry and reliance o...

A physicochemically compatible ferrofluid droplet robotic system for automated bioanalytical assays.

Lab on a chip
Droplet robotics is an emerging area of research focused on harnessing externally programmable physical fields to drive liquid droplet motion and automate complex fluidic operations. One approach for driving droplet robotic systems utilizes magnetic ...

A reconfigurable exoskeleton bionic rigid-soft combination gripper.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Soft-body grippers are highly pliable due to the use of flexible materials, which enable safe grasping of objects, but their load-bearing capacity is limited by the mechanical properties of the materials themselves. To address the problem of insuffic...

Optimization analysis of a bio-inspired robotic fish employing a crank-linkage propulsion system.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Modern bio-inspired robotic fish design increasingly focuses on integrating biological inspiration with engineering-oriented structural solutions to enhance locomotion performance and meet practical application demands. Among these, the crank-linkage...

A neuromorphic robotic electronic skin with active pain and injury perception.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Humanoid robots with advanced sensory capabilities are increasingly demanded for empathetic, close-contact interactions with humans. Electronic skin (E-skin) is a key enabling technology for such tactile perception. However, current E-skins are limit...

Direct-Ink-Writing Multifunctional Flexible Robotic Electronic Skin.

ACS applied materials & interfaces
Electronic skin for robotics often suffers from limited scalability, high fabrication costs, and inflexible designs, restricting its ability to support multimodal sensing and customization. To address these challenges, we propose a robotic e-skin fab...

Jump, recharge, repeat: Insect-inspired jumping robots and the challenge of energy harvesting.

Science robotics
Jumping biorobots merge insect agility with energy harvesting, enabling new mobility and long-term autonomous operation.

Mathematical modelling of injection time in autoinjectors: State of the art and future perspectives.

International journal of pharmaceutics
Autoinjector devices are a specialized type of medical equipment used for the self-administration of medications. Over the past decade, the significance in these devices has increased, both in terms of their usage and academic interest. An important ...

Flagellar swimming at low Reynolds numbers: zoospore-inspired robotic swimmers with dual flagella for high-speed locomotion.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Traditional locomotion strategies fail in low-Reynolds-number fluid environments, where viscous forces dominate over inertial forces. Microorganisms have developed specialized structures such as cilia and flagella to overcome this challenge, enabling...

Sight Guide demonstrates robotics-inspired vision assistance at the Cybathlon.

Science robotics
A mobile-robotics-based navigation and perception system guided a visually impaired pilot through complex tasks at Cybathlon.