Guido de Croon
Guido de Croon
The identification and solution of a major efficiency loss in small flapping wing drones lead to more agile aerobatic maneuvers. Copyright © 2020 The Au...
Powered knee and ankle prosthesis with indirect volitional swing control enables level-ground walking and crossing over obstacles [0.03%]
带间接意志摆动控制的驱动膝踝假肢可实现路面行走和跨越障碍物
Joel Mendez,Sarah Hood,Andy Gunnel et al.
Joel Mendez et al.
Powered prostheses aim to mimic the missing biological limb with controllers that are finely tuned to replicate the nominal gait pattern of non-amputee individuals. Unfortunately, this control approach poses a problem with real-world ambula...
Efficient flapping wing drone arrests high-speed flight using post-stall soaring [0.03%]
高效的扑翼无人机利用失速盘旋制止高速飞行
Yao-Wei Chin,Jia Ming Kok,Yong-Qiang Zhu et al.
Yao-Wei Chin et al.
The aerobatic maneuvers of swifts could be very useful for micro aerial vehicle missions. Rapid arrests and turns would allow flight in cluttered and unstructured spaces. However, these decelerating aerobatic maneuvers have been difficult t...
Ionic spiderwebs [0.03%]
带电的蜘蛛网
Younghoon Lee,Won Jun Song,Yeonsu Jung et al.
Younghoon Lee et al.
Spiders use adhesive, stretchable, and translucent webs to capture their prey. However, sustaining the capturing capability of these webs can be challenging because the webs inevitably invite contamination, thus reducing its adhesion force....
A bug's-eye view [0.03%]
一只虫的眼睛
Yiannis Aloimonos,Cornelia Fermüller
Yiannis Aloimonos
An insect-scale visual sensing system indicates the return of active vision for robotics. Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive ...
Spinning artificial spiderwebs [0.03%]
织人造蜘蛛网
Jonathan Rossiter
Jonathan Rossiter
Sensing, adhesion, and self-cleaning capabilities are demonstrated in artificial spiderwebs through electrostatic actuation and a dirt-shirking coating. ...
The potential of socially assistive robots during infectious disease outbreaks [0.03%]
在传染病暴发期间社交辅助机器人具有的潜力
Brian Scassellati,Marynel Vázquez
Brian Scassellati
Robots have a role in addressing the secondary impacts of infectious disease outbreaks by helping us sustain social distancing, monitoring and improving mental health, supporting education, and aiding in economic recovery. ...
Vikram Iyer,Ali Najafi,Johannes James et al.
Vikram Iyer et al.
Vision serves as an essential sensory input for insects but consumes substantial energy resources. The cost to support sensitive photoreceptors has led many insects to develop high visual acuity in only small retinal regions and evolve to m...
Modeling engagement in long-term, in-home socially assistive robot interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders [0.03%]
用于自闭症儿童长期家庭社交辅助机器人干预的参与度建模
Shomik Jain,Balasubramanian Thiagarajan,Zhonghao Shi et al.
Shomik Jain et al.
Socially assistive robotics (SAR) has great potential to provide accessible, affordable, and personalized therapeutic interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, human-robot interaction (HRI) methods are still ...
Sustainable manufacturing of sensors onto soft systems using self-coagulating conductive Pickering emulsions [0.03%]
使用自凝聚导电皮克林乳液在软系统上进行传感器的可持续制造
Sang Yup Kim,Youngwoo Choo,R Adam Bilodeau et al.
Sang Yup Kim et al.
Compliant sensors based on composite materials are necessary components for geometrically complex systems such as wearable devices or soft robots. Composite materials consisting of polymer matrices and conductive fillers have facilitated th...