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Nature communications
Jan 12, 2023
Soft robots capable of flexible deformations and agile locomotion similar to biological systems are highly desirable for promising applications, including safe human-robot interactions and biomedical engineering. Their achievable degree of freedom an...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jan 9, 2023
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithms have been widely studied for sequential decision-making problems, and substantial progress has been achieved, especially in autonomous robotic skill learning. However, it is always difficult to deploy DRL ...
Scientific reports
Jan 4, 2023
Wheels play an important role in mobile robotics, wheelchairs and vehicles and represent an ideal solution for traversing rigid ground due to higher efficiency. Through traversing loose soil, the rigid wheels lose traction because of sinking and high...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jan 3, 2023
Grass cutting is necessary to prevent grass from diverting essential nutrients and water from crops. Usually, in hilly and mountainous areas, grass cutting is performed on steep slopes with an inclination angle of up to 60° (inclination gradient of 1...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Dec 15, 2022
Regardless of recent advances, humanoid robots still face significant difficulties in performing locomotion tasks. Among the key challenges that must be addressed to achieve robust bipedal locomotion are dynamically consistent motion planning, feedba...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Dec 15, 2022
For path following of snake robots, many model-based controllers have demonstrated strong tracking abilities. However, a satisfactory performance often relies on precise modelling and simplified assumptions. In addition, visual perception is also ess...
Science robotics
Dec 14, 2022
A climbing robot that can rapidly move on diverse surfaces such as floors, walls, and ceilings will have an enlarged operational workspace compared with other terrestrial robots. However, the climbing skill of robots in such environments has been lim...
Soft robotics
Nov 28, 2022
We present a multi-material three-dimensional-printed snakeskin with orthotropic friction anisotropy, which permits undulatory slithering of a soft snake robot on rough surfaces. Such a snakeskin is composed of a soft skin base and embedded rigid sca...
Lab on a chip
Nov 22, 2022
The excellent motion performance of gallium-based liquid metals (LMs) upon the application of a modest electric field has provided a new opportunity for the development of autonomous soft robots. However, the locomotion of LMs often appears in an alk...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Nov 21, 2022
The movement capabilities of snake robots allow them to be applied in a variety of applications. We realized a snake robot climbing in crowded pipes. In this paper, we implement a sinusoidal curve control method that allows the snake robot to move fa...