This paper investigates the use of artificial neural networks(ANNs)as a viable digital twin or alternative to the typical whispering gallery mode(WGM)optical sensors in engineering systems,especially in dynamic enviro...
Smart elastomers have attracted great interest due to their excellent adaptability to changing environments and affinity to living organisms,characterized by their ability to undergo programmable deformations or prope...
The field of soft robotics has witnessed impressive progress in recent decades,driven by the necessity to develop robotic systems that are more adaptable,flexible,and user-friendly.Biomimetic soft robotics,inspired by...
support by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs,Regional Development and Energy(StMWi)for the Lighthouse Initiative KI.FABRIK(Phase 1:Infrastructure and the research and development program under grant no.DIK0249).
Recent advancements in robotics have transformed industries such as manufacturing,logistics,surgery,and planetary exploration.A key challenge is developing efficient motion planning algorithms that allow robots to nav...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(62376219 and 62006194);Foundational Research Project in Specialized Discipline(Grant No.G2024WD0146);Faculty Construction Project(Grant No.24GH0201148).
Large language models(LLMs)have undergone significant expansion and have been increasingly integrated across various domains.Notably,in the realm of robot task planning,LLMs harness their advanced reasoning and langua...
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...