Showing 121 to 130 of 431 articles
Clear Filters
Scientific reports
Aug 26, 2022
Many quadrupeds are capable of power efficient gaits, especially trot and gallop, thanks to their flexible trunk. The oscillations of the system that includes the backbone, the tendons and musculature, store and release elastic energy, helping a smoo...
Nature communications
Aug 26, 2022
In this paper, we propose a multimodal flexible sensory interface for interactively teaching soft robots to perform skilled locomotion using bare human hands. First, we develop a flexible bimodal smart skin (FBSS) based on triboelectric nanogenerator...
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
Aug 24, 2022
This paper proposes a novel constrained optimization model to address the loco-manipulation problem of mobile robot with redundant manipulator for trajectory tracking. To alleviate the accumulative error of the end-effector's position, a new control ...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Aug 18, 2022
Amphibious robots can undertake various tasks in terrestrial and aquatic environments for their superior environmental compatibility. However, the existing amphibious robots usually utilize multi-locomotion systems with transmission mechanisms, leadi...
Nature communications
Aug 9, 2022
High-speed locomotion is an essential survival strategy for animals, allowing populating harsh and unpredictable environments. Bio-inspired soft robots equally benefit from versatile and ultrafast motion but require appropriate driving mechanisms and...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Aug 9, 2022
While most insect-inspired robots come with a simple tarsus, such as a hemispherical foot tip, insect legs have complex tarsal structures and claws, which enable them to walk on complex terrain. Their sharp claws can smoothly attach and detach on pla...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jul 25, 2022
Nature has evolved a vast array of strategies for propulsion at the air-fluid interface. Inspired by a survival mechanism initiated by the honeybee () trapped on the surface of water, we here present the: a centimeter-scale vibrating robotic device t...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Jul 21, 2022
Shape transformation offers the possibility of realizing devices whose 3D shape can be altered to adapt to different environments. Many applications would profit from reversible and actively controllable shape transformation together with a self-lock...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Jul 20, 2022
Studies of active matter-systems consisting of individuals or ensembles of internally driven and damped locomotors-are of interest to physicists studying nonequilibrium dynamics, biologists interested in individuals and swarm locomotion, and engineer...
Scientific reports
Jul 20, 2022
Soft, worm-like robots show promise in complex and constrained environments due to their robust, yet simple movement patterns. Although many such robots have been developed, they either rely on tethered power supplies and complex designs or cannot mo...