Valentin Riviere,Augustin Manecy,Stéphane Viollet
Valentin Riviere
The aerial robot presented here for the first time was based on a quadrotor structure, which is capable of unique morphing performances based on an actuated elastic mechanism. Like birds, which are able to negotiate narrow apertures despite...
Soft Robotics: Academic Insights and Perspectives Through Bibliometric Analysis [0.03%]
软体机器人：文献计量分析视角下的学术洞察与思考
Guanjun Bao,Hui Fang,Lingfeng Chen et al.
Guanjun Bao et al.
Soft robotics is of growing interest in the robot community as well as in public media, and there is an increase in the quality and quantity of publications related to this topic. To formally elaborate this growth, we have used a bibliometr...
Predicting and Optimizing Microswimmer Performance from the Hydrodynamics of Its Components: The Relevance of Interactions [0.03%]
微型游泳器组件水动力学相互作用对其性能预测和优化的相关性研究
Nicola Giuliani,Luca Heltai,Antonio DeSimone
Nicola Giuliani
Interest in the design of bioinspired robotic microswimmers is growing rapidly, motivated by the spectacular capabilities of their unicellular biological templates. Predicting the swimming speed and efficiency of such devices in a reliable ...
Modeling of Continuum Manipulators Using Pythagorean Hodograph Curves [0.03%]
基于裴蜀等参曲线的 continuum 机械手学模型研究
Inderjeet Singh,Yacine Amara,Achille Melingui et al.
Inderjeet Singh et al.
Research on continuum manipulators is increasingly developing in the context of bionic robotics because of their many advantages over conventional rigid manipulators. Due to their soft structure, they have inherent flexibility, which makes ...
Michelle Jennifer Luk,Derek Lobb,James Andrew Smith
Michelle Jennifer Luk
Physical simulation systems are commonly used in training of midwifery and obstetrics students, but none of these systems offers a dynamic compliance aspect that would make them more truly representative of cervix ripening. In this study, w...
Optimal Design of a Soft Robotic Gripper for Grasping Unknown Objects [0.03%]
一种用于抓取未知物体的软体机器人夹具的优化设计方法研究
Chih-Hsing Liu,Ta-Lun Chen,Chen-Hua Chiu et al.
Chih-Hsing Liu et al.
This study presents the design of an underactuated, two-finger, motor-driven compliant gripper for grasping size-varied unknown objects. The gripper module consists of one main frame structure and two identical compliant fingers. The compli...
Feedback Control-Based Navigation of a Flying Insect-Machine Hybrid Robot [0.03%]
基于反馈控制的混合机器人飞行导航方法
Yao Li,Jinbin Wu,Hirotaka Sato
Yao Li
This study reports the first ever demonstration of the aero navigation of a free-flying insect based on feedback control. Instead of imitating the complicated kinetics and mechanisms of insect locomotion, a live insect can be directly trans...
Kohei Nakajima,Helmut Hauser,Tao Li et al.
Kohei Nakajima et al.
Soft materials are increasingly utilized for various purposes in many engineering applications. These materials have been shown to perform a number of functions that were previously difficult to implement using rigid materials. Here, we arg...
Shunichi Kurumaya,Brennan T Phillips,Kaitlyn P Becker et al.
Shunichi Kurumaya et al.
This article presents the development of modular soft robotic wrist joint mechanisms for delicate and precise manipulation in the harsh deep-sea environment. The wrist consists of a rotary module and bending module, which can be combined wi...
John Rieffel,Jean-Baptiste Mouret
John Rieffel
Living organisms intertwine soft (e.g., muscle) and hard (e.g., bones) materials, giving them an intrinsic flexibility and resiliency often lacking in conventional rigid robots. The emerging field of soft robotics seeks to harness these sam...