Soft robotics
Oct 27, 2021
Numerous recent advances in robotics have been inspired by the biological principle of tensile integrity-or "tensegrity"-to achieve remarkable feats of dexterity and resilience. Tensegrity robots contain compliant networks of rigid struts and soft ca...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Oct 25, 2021
Inspired by creatures that have naturally mastered locomotion on the air-water interface, we developed and built a self-powered, remotely controlled surfing robot capable of traversing this boundary by harnessing surface tension modification for both...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Oct 17, 2021
Aiming at highly dynamic locomotion and impact mitigation, this paper proposes the design and implementation of a symmetric legged robot. Based on the analysis of the three-leg topology in terms of force sensitivity, force production, and impact miti...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Sep 28, 2021
The locomotion performance of the current legged miniature robots remains inferior compared to even the most simple insects. The inferiority has led researchers to utilize biological principles and control in their designs, often resulting in improve...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 27, 2021
Early and self-identification of locomotive degradation facilitates us with awareness and motivation to prevent further deterioration. We propose the usage of nine squat and four one-leg standing exercise features as input parameters to Machine Learn...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 24, 2021
Biological mechanosensation has been a source of inspiration for advancements in artificial sensory systems. Animals rely on sensory feedback to guide and adapt their behaviors and are equipped with a wide variety of sensors that carry stimulus infor...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 24, 2021
Quadruped robots are receiving great attention as a new means of transportation for various purposes, such as military, welfare, and rehabilitation systems. The use of four legs enables a robustly stable gait; compared to the humanoid robots, the qua...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 19, 2021
Locomotion recognition and prediction is essential for real-time human-machine interactive control. The integration of electromyography (EMG) with mechanical sensors could improve the performance of locomotion recognition. However, the potential of E...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 9, 2021
To solve the problem of the motion control of gecko-like robots in complex environments, a central pattern generator (CPG) network model of motion control was designed. The CPG oscillation model was first constructed using a sinusoidal function, resu...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Sep 9, 2021
The objective of this study was to imitate undulatory motion, which is a commonly observed swimming mechanism of rays, using a soft morphing actuator. To achieve the undulatory motion, an artificial muscle built with shape memory alloy-based soft act...