AIMC Topic: Equipment Design

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Towards higher load capacity: innovative design of a robotic hand with soft jointed structure.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
In this paper, the innovative design of a robotic hand with soft jointed structure is carried out and a tendon-driven mechanism, a master-slave motor coordinated drive mechanism, a thumb coupling transmission mechanism and a thumb steering mechanism ...

Machine learning-powered wearable interface for distinguishable and predictable sweat sensing.

Biosensors & bioelectronics
The constrained resources on wearable devices pose a challenge in meeting the demands for comprehensive sensing information, and current wearable non-enzymatic sensors face difficulties in achieving specific detection in biofluids. To address this is...

Collection of microrobots for gentle cell manipulation.

Science robotics
Optically actuated soft microrobotic tools were designed for cell transportation, manipulation, and cell-to-cell interactions.

Sensorimotor control of robots mediated by electrophysiological measurements of fungal mycelia.

Science robotics
Living tissues are still far from being used as practical components in biohybrid robots because of limitations in life span, sensitivity to environmental factors, and stringent culture procedures. Here, we introduce fungal mycelia as an easy-to-use ...

Comprehensive modeling of corkscrew motion in micro-/nano-robots with general helical structures.

Nature communications
Micro-/nano-robots (MNRs) have impressive potential in minimally invasive targeted therapeutics through blood vessels, which has disruptive impact to improving human health. However, the clinical use of MNRs has yet to happen due to intrinsic limitat...

Hydrodynamic pressure sensing for a biomimetic robotic fish caudal fin integrated with a resistive pressure sensor.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Micro-sensors, such as pressure and flow sensors, are usually adopted to attain actual fluid information around swimming biomimetic robotic fish for hydrodynamic analysis and control. However, most of the reported micro-sensors are mounted discretely...

Intrinsic sense of touch for intuitive physical human-robot interaction.

Science robotics
The sense of touch is a property that allows humans to interact delicately with their physical environment. This article reports on a technological advancement in intuitive human-robot interaction that enables an intrinsic robotic sense of touch with...

Effects of track-based stair climbing robot on muscle activity, usability, and psychological anxiety: a preliminary study.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
This study investigated the effects of using the LiftCar-150 track-based stair-climbing robot on muscle activity, usability, and psychological anxiety. While stair-climbing robots enhance mobility for individuals with physical disabilities, existing ...

Robotic flytrap with an ultra-sensitive 'trichome' and fast-response 'lobes'.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Nature abounds with examples of ultra-sensitive perception and agile body transformation for highly efficient predation as well as extraordinary adaptation to complex environments. Flytraps, as a representative example, could effectively detect the m...

Exo-Glove Shell: A Hybrid Rigid-Soft Wearable Robot for Thumb Opposition with an Under-Actuated Tendon-Driven System.

Soft robotics
Usability and functionality are important when designing hand-wearable robots; however, satisfying both indicators remains a challenging issue, even though researchers have made important progress with state-of-the-art robot components. Although hand...