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Science robotics
Apr 24, 2024
A smart suction cup uses haptics to supplement vision for exploration of objects in a grasping task.
Science robotics
Apr 24, 2024
Advances in engineering enable wheeled-legged hybrid locomotion, an achievement not feasible in biological systems.
Soft robotics
Apr 22, 2024
Fish tunes fishtail stiffness by coordinating its tendons, muscles, and other tissues to improve swimming performance. For robotic fish, achieving a fast and online fishlike stiffness adjustment over a large-scale range is of great significance for p...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Apr 22, 2024
Soft material-based robots, known for their safety and compliance, are expected to play an irreplaceable role in human-robot collaboration. However, this expectation is far from real industrial applications due to their complex programmability and po...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Apr 18, 2024
Haptic hands and grippers, designed to enable skillful object manipulation, are pivotal for high-precision interaction with environments. These technologies are particularly vital in fields such as minimally invasive surgery, where they enhance surgi...
Biosensors & bioelectronics
Apr 16, 2024
Efficient tools for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) are crucial for appropriate use of antibiotics, especially colistin, which is now often considered a last resort therapy with extremely drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Here, we ...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Apr 15, 2024
Earthworms are fascinating animals capable of crawling and burrowing through various terrains using peristaltic motion and the directional friction response of their epidermis. Anisotropic anchoring governed by tiny appendages on their skin called se...
Soft robotics
Apr 1, 2024
A light-weight actuator developed in this work belongs to a class of soft robots, and in a sense, resembles an octopus. Its main function is in the attachment or detachment to a solid surface driven by an electro-thermopneumatic mechanism. In this st...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Apr 1, 2024
Suction is a highly evolved biological adhesion strategy for soft-body organisms to achieve strong grasping on various objects. Biological suckers can adaptively attach to dry complex surfaces such as rocks and shells, which are extremely challenging...
Nature communications
Mar 30, 2024
With the huge progress in micro-electronics and artificial intelligence, the ultrasound probe has become the bottleneck in further adoption of ultrasound beyond the clinical setting (e.g. home and monitoring applications). Today, ultrasound transduce...