supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB1305400);the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.92048301);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52025054);the Joint Research Fund between the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)and Shen Zhen(No.U1713201).
This paper presents a continuum manipulator inspired by the anatomical characteristics of the elephant trunk.Specifically,the manipulator mimics the conoid profile of the elephant trunk,which helps to enhance its stre...
Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO)has been utilized as a useful tool for solving intricate optimization problems for various applications in different fields.This paper attempts to carry out an update on PSO and gives a...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12272202,and U22B2042)。
Natural swarms arranged from cells to herds are usually decentralized but display intriguing collective intelligence in coordinating individuals across large scales to efficiently achieve their common goals.Learning f...
National Key Research and Development Program of China,Grant/Award Number:2022YFB4700700;Beijing‐tianjin‐hebei,Grant/Award Number:J230020。
Laminectomy is one of the most common posterior spinal operations. Since the lamina is adjacent to important tissues such as nerves, once damaged, it can cause serious com-plications and even lead to paralysis. In ord...
National Key Research and Development Program of China,Grant/Award Number:2022YFB4700701;National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:52375035,U21A20489;CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences,Grant/Award Number:2022‐I2M‐C&T‐A‐005;Shenzhen Science and Technology Program,Grant/Award Numbers:JSGG20220831100202004,JCYJ20220818101412026。
A comparative study of two force perception skill learning approaches for robot‐assisted spinal surgery,the impedance model method and the imitation learning(IL)method,is presented.The impedance model method develops...
Stony Brook University Startup Funds,Grant/Award Number:DGE 2244082;Washington State University Cougar Cage Funds;Washington State University Startup Funds,Grant/Award Number:GRFP 2235552;National Science Foundation,Grant/Award Number:ECCS-2238363。
A major intent of scientific research is the replication of the behaviour observed in natural spaces.In robotics,these can be through biomimetic movements in devices and inspiration from diverse actions in nature,also...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52225307 and 22105193);the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(YSBR-004);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(20720220007 and 20720220011);partially carried out at the University of Science and Technology of China(USTC)Center of Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication。
Responsive soft materials capable of complex,reversible,and rapid geometric deformations under external stimuli hold significant potential for applications in minimally invasive medicine,wearable devices,and soft robo...
Elephants are the largest land mammals on Earth, and understanding them better could lead to big scientific breakthroughs in science. Both delicate and sturdy, elephant trunks can grasp a single leaf but can also carr...
Both Sun Wukong in eastern mythology and Transformers in western science fiction animation have profoundly inspired the design of deformable materials and modern robots.The application scope of intelligent materials,a...