Bioinspired Additive Manufacturing Material Optimization for Increased Stiffness and Improved Strain Sensing in Robotic Limbs [0.03%]
一种用于增强机器人假肢刚度和改进应变感应的仿生增材制造材料优化方法
Gesa F Dinges,Isabella M Kudyba,Foster O Holmquist et al.
Gesa F Dinges et al.
Robots traversing uneven terrain may require precise calculation of limb kinematics (e.g., foot position from joint angles and segment dimensions) and sensing of force for adaptive walking control. To facilitate these calculations, robots o...
Pre-cracked sutures fractured by amplified forces: mechanism of efficient eclosion in arboreal butterflies [0.03%]
预裂缝遇强力放大而断裂：树栖蝴蝶高效羽化机制
Bentao Wu,Xinyu Liu,Ti Zeng et al.
Bentao Wu et al.
Natural strategies for structural transition during metamorphosis display remarkable efficiency and mechanical sophistication. In butterflies, the transition from pupa to adult involves not only dramatic morphological transformation but als...
Generating coordinated bounding locomotion for a small-scale quadrupedal robot with thoracic-pelvic articulation via reinforcement learning [0.03%]
基于强化学习的具有胸腰关节的小型四足机器人协调步态生成算法
Ruochao Wang,Rongjie Du,Weitao Zhang et al.
Ruochao Wang et al.
Small-scale cursorial quadrupedal animals coordinate their spines and limbs for rapid and agile locomotion. Although small-scale quadruped robots have demonstrated impressive mobility in various unstructured environments, they rarely fully ...
DEEP DIVE INTO MODEL-FREE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR UNDERWATER LOCOMOTION: THEORY AND PRACTICE [0.03%]
无模型强化学习在水下推进中的理论与实践探究
Yusheng Jiao,Feng Ling,Sina Heydari et al.
Yusheng Jiao et al.
Aquatic animals and underwater robots operate in a complex physical world and must coordinate their bodies to
achieve behavioral objectives such as navigation and predation. With recent developments in deep reinforcement learning (RL),&...
A biologically inspired neural network for optic flow-based reactive navigation with dual depth encoding [0.03%]
一种基于生物启发的神经网络用于双深度编码的光流反应式导航
Zipei Li,Lining Yin,Lanyun Cui et al.
Zipei Li et al.
Animals and humans rely on optic flow to navigate cluttered and unknown environments. While most previous studies have focused on how organisms achieve self-motion perception through optic flow information, biological neural networks for na...
A semi-active knee prosthesis based on a flexible soft bladder and an irregular four-bar linkage mechanism [0.03%]
一种基于柔性软膀胱和不规则四杆机构的半主动膝关节假肢
Xiaosen Lv,Xianwen Wang,Haoteng Wang et al.
Xiaosen Lv et al.
This paper presents a polycentric pneumatic semi-active knee (SAK) based on a flexible soft bladder and an irregular four-bar linkage mechanism. The SAK innovatively employs the flexible soft bladder to drive the irregular four-bar linkage ...
Reflective control explains scattering and obstacle interaction in lateral undulatory locomotion [0.03%]
反向控制解释了侧向蛇行运动中的散射和障碍物相互作用
Basit Yaqoob,Maurizio Porfiri,Nicola Pugno
Basit Yaqoob
Due to its efficiency, simplicity, and adaptability across diverse terrains, lateral undulatory locomotion presents an ideal paradigm for studying the interaction with obstacles in limbless animals. Undulatory locomotors scatter around obst...
Mosquito-Inspired Active Tactile Perception for Indoor Navigation and Escape of A Rigid-Soft Coupling Blimp Robot [0.03%]
受蚊子启发的室内导航与刚柔耦合式浮空机器人逃逸的主动触觉感知技术
Jun Zhang,Kaiqin Cao,Qiucheng Lu et al.
Jun Zhang et al.
For autonomous navigation in indoor environments, aerial robots mostly take cameras, LiDAR, ultrasonic ranging sensors, and other devices for collision avoidance, rarely using tactile sensors. However, cameras are susceptible to lighting co...
A Bioinspired Vision-Based Airflow Sensing Architecture for Flow-Guided Robotic Control [0.03%]
一种生物启发的视觉气流传感架构用于流向引导的机器人控制
William Megill,Otar Akanyeti
William Megill
Flow sensing is fundamental to both animals and robots for navigation, stability, and interaction with the environment. While animals achieve this through specialized mechanosensory structures, flow-guided autonomy in robotics remains under...
Structural and nanomechanical insights into the spicules of Euplectella aspergillum [0.03%]
透射电镜和原子力显微镜研究管星海绵针状骨骼的结构与纳米力学性能
Niloofar Fani,Armaghan Hashemi Monfared,Sorour Sadeghzade et al.
Niloofar Fani et al.
Biomimicry offers sustainable, efficient, and adaptable solutions inspired by natural systems. The skeleton of Euplectella aspergillum (EA) represents a highly optimized biological structure. It is composed of silica-based elements known as...