eLife
Aug 2, 2021
Rapid progress in technologies such as calcium imaging and electrophysiology has seen a dramatic increase in the size and extent of neural recordings. Even so, interpretation of this data requires considerable knowledge about the nature of the repres...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jul 28, 2021
Tactile sensing is crucial for robots to manipulate objects successfully. However, integrating tactile sensors into robotic hands is still challenging, mainly due to the need to cover small multi-curved surfaces with several components that must be m...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jul 24, 2021
The gripper is the far end of a robotic arm. It is responsible for the contacts between the robot itself and all the items present in a work space, or even in a social space. Therefore, to provide grippers with intelligent behaviors is fundamental, e...
Soft robotics
Jun 11, 2021
The conformability is yet a challenge for most soft robotic grippers due to the continuous motion and deformation of these machines under external force. Herein, inspired by the movement mechanism of human fingers, we propose a novel tendon-driven so...
Soft robotics
Jun 9, 2021
Robotic grasping has become increasingly important in many application areas such as industrial manufacturing and logistics. Because of the diversity and uncertainty of objects and environments, common grippers with one single grasping mode face diff...
Soft robotics
Jun 7, 2021
Elevating stiffness without compromising compliance and agility is a key problem for soft finger applications, especially for articulate ones. Inspired by human finger, a multijoint soft finger with dual morphing through active/passive variable rigid...
Scientific reports
May 17, 2021
In morphology field, the functions of an asymmetric-shaped distal phalanx in human finger have only been inferred. In this study, we used an engineering approach to empirically examine the effects of the shape of distal phalanx on the ability of prec...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
May 8, 2021
Soft grippers have experienced a growing interest due to their considerable flexibility that allows them to grasp a variety of objects, in contrast to hard grippers, which are designed for a specific item. One of their most remarkable characteristics...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Apr 13, 2021
Anthropomorphic hands that mimic the smoothness of human hand motions should be controlled by artificial units of high biological plausibility. Adaptability is among the characteristics of such control units, which provides the anthropomorphic hand w...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Mar 19, 2021
As the safety of a human body is the main priority while interacting with robots, the field of tactile sensors has expanded for acquiring tactile information and ensuring safe human-robot interaction (HRI). Existing lightweight and thin tactile senso...