AIMC Topic: Locomotion

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Evolving Modularity in Soft Robots Through an Embodied and Self-Organizing Neural Controller.

Artificial life
Modularity is a desirable property for embodied agents, as it could foster their suitability to different domains by disassembling them into transferable modules that can be reassembled differently. We focus on a class of embodied agents known as vox...

Effect of gait rehabilitation with a footpad-type locomotion interface on gait ability in subacute stroke patients.

NeuroRehabilitation
BACKGROUND: Gait rehabilitation using a footpad-type locomotion interface has been reported as effective in improving gait ability in chronic stroke patients. However, the effect on subacute stroke patients is unknown.

Dynamic Markers for Chaotic Motion in C. elegans.

Nonlinear dynamics, psychology, and life sciences
We describe the locomotion of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) using nonlinear dynamics. C. elegans is a commonly studied model organism based on ease of maintenance and simple neurological structure. In contrast to traditional microscopic techniq...

Body Caudal Undulation Measured by Soft Sensors and Emulated by Soft Artificial Muscles.

Integrative and comparative biology
We propose the use of bio-inspired robotics equipped with soft sensor technologies to gain a better understanding of the mechanics and control of animal movement. Soft robotic systems can be used to generate new hypotheses and uncover fundamental pri...

Toward a living soft microrobot through optogenetic locomotion control of .

Science robotics
Learning from the locomotion of natural organisms is one of the most effective strategies for designing microrobots. However, the development of bioinspired microrobots is still challenging because of technical bottlenecks such as design and seamless...

Programmable and reprocessable multifunctional elastomeric sheets for soft origami robots.

Science robotics
Tunable, soft, and multifunctional robots are contributing to developments in medical and rehabilitative robotics, human-machine interaction, and intelligent home technology. A key aspect of soft robot fabrication is the ability to use flexible and e...

Shape anisotropy-governed locomotion of surface microrollers on vessel-like microtopographies against physiological flows.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Surface microrollers are promising microrobotic systems for controlled navigation in the circulatory system thanks to their fast speeds and decreased flow velocities at the vessel walls. While surface propulsion on the vessel walls helps minimize the...

Robotic-assisted locomotor treadmill therapy does not change gait pattern in children with cerebral palsy.

International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation
Although robotic-assisted locomotor treadmill therapy is utilized on children with cerebral palsy (CP), its impact on the gait pattern in childhood is not fully described. We investigated the outcome of robotized gait training focusing on the gait pa...

Collective dynamics in entangled worm and robot blobs.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Living systems at all scales aggregate in large numbers for a variety of functions including mating, predation, and survival. The majority of such systems consist of unconnected individuals that collectively flock, school, or swarm. However, some agg...