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From beetle to bot: bioinspired design of robotic grippers based on stag beetle mandible biomechanics.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Conventional rigid grippers remain the most-used robotic grippers in industrial assembly tasks. However, they are limited in their ability to handle a diverse range of objects. This study draws inspiration from nature to address these limitations, em...

BCIT's BEAST wheelchair takes on Cybathlon with power, precision, and pilot-led design.

Science robotics
An extending, articulating powered wheelchair competed and won the wheelchair race at Cybathlon 2024.

Uncloggable ventriculoperitoneal shunt system for hydrocephalus via an integrated soft robotic device: CLEARS device.

Biomedical microdevices
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt obstruction, often caused by protein and fat accumulation at the ventricular catheter ports, impedes cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outflow, increases intracranial pressure (ICP), and leads to hydrocephalus. Current treatme...

Neurochemical profiling in urine: Multiplexed detection of dopamine and serotonin using ML-integrated laser-induced graphene biosensors.

Biosensors & bioelectronics
Simultaneous monitoring of dopamine (DA) and serotonin (SER) in urine offers a non-invasive route for diagnosing neurological, psychiatric, and metabolic disorders. However, their multiplexed detection at the point-of-care remains challenging due to ...

YOLOv5-aided paper-based microfluidic intelligent sensing platform for multiplex sweat biomarker analysis.

Biosensors & bioelectronics
Sweat, a biofluid rich in various biomarkers, offers significant potential for non-invasive health monitoring and disease screening. Colorimetric detection is well-suited for multi-analyte quantification and point-of-care testing in sweat analysis, w...

Strain-Insensitive, Crosstalk-Suppressed, Ultrawide-Linearity Iontronic Tactile Skin from a Synergistic Segment-Embedded Strategy.

ACS sensors
Tactile sensing arrays play a crucial role in human-machine interaction, robotics, and artificial intelligence by enabling the perception of physical stimuli on robotic surfaces or human skin. However, skin-attachable sensor arrays still suffer from ...

Soft buckling achieves consistent large-amplitude deformation for pulse jetting underwater robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jellyfish achieve efficient pulse jetting through large-amplitude, low-frequency deformations of a soft bell. This is made possible through large localised deformations at the bell margin. This paper develops a novel soft-robotic underwater pulse jet...

Optogenetic neuromuscular actuation of a miniature electronic biohybrid robot.

Science robotics
Neuronal control of skeletal muscle function is ubiquitous across species for locomotion and doing work. In particular, emergent behaviors of neurons in biohybrid neuromuscular systems can advance bioinspired locomotion research. Although recent stud...

Evaluation of flow control using PID versus fuzzy logic in an electropneumatic circuit for pulmonary ventilation applications.

PloS one
High-tech mechanical ventilators are engineered to deliver precise and consistent airflow, which is critical for effective respiratory therapy. This study evaluates flow control performance in a custom-built electro-pneumatic ventilator prototype, co...

Recent progress and perspective of magnetic miniature soft robot with multimodal locomotion.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Multimodal miniature soft robots, with their higher movement flexibility and environmental adaptability, represent a crucial direction for the future development of soft robots. Magnetic-driven robots, owing to their advantages such as excellent remo...