Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 16, 2022
Serially connected robots are promising candidates for performing tasks in confined spaces such as search and rescue in large-scale disasters. Such robots are typically limbless, and we hypothesize that the addition of limbs could improve mobility. H...
IEEE transactions on cybernetics
Jun 16, 2022
In this article, we develop a robust sliding-mode nonlinear predictive controller for brain-controlled robots with enhanced performance, safety, and robustness. First, the kinematics and dynamics of a mobile robot are built. After that, the proposed ...
IEEE transactions on cybernetics
Jun 16, 2022
While nonlinear oscillators have been widely used for central pattern generators to produce basic rhythmic signals for robot locomotion control, methods to shape and regulate the signal waveform without changing the characteristics of the oscillators...
IEEE transactions on cybernetics
Jun 16, 2022
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) recently has attained remarkable results in various domains, including games, robotics, and recommender system. Nevertheless, an urgent problem in the practical application of DRL is fast adaptation. To this end, thi...
Computational and mathematical methods in medicine
Jun 16, 2022
OBJECTIVE: Application effect of Leonardo's robot-assisted laparoscopy in hepatectomy for colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases.
PloS one
Jun 16, 2022
BACKGROUND: Remote surgery social implementation necessitates achieving low latency and highly reliable video/operation signal transmission over economical commercial networks. However, with commercial lines, communication bandwidth often fluctuates ...
Die Anaesthesiologie
Jun 15, 2022
BACKGROUND: Intensive care unit (ICU) acquired weakness is associated with reduced physical function, increased mortality and reduced quality of life, and affects about 43% of survivors of critical illness. Lacking therapeutic options, the prevention...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Jun 15, 2022
OBJECTIVES: Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy is widely performed for small renal masses, achieving excellent perioperative and intermediate oncological outcomes. However, long-term oncological, functional, and quality of life outcomes after robot-a...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 15, 2022
With the superior ductility and flexibility brought by compliant bodies, soft manipulators provide a nondestructive manner to grasp delicate objects, which has been developing gradually as a rising focus of soft robots. However, the unexpected phenom...
Science robotics
Jun 15, 2022
Recent advances in artificial intelligence have enhanced the abilities of mobile robots in dealing with complex and dynamic scenarios. However, to enable computationally intensive algorithms to be executed locally in multitask robots with low latency...