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...
support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62073217,No.61871266);the Fund of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China(6141A02022607,6141A020227);the Fund of the Professional Technical Service Platform of Shanghai(19DZ2291103).
The development of a tailless Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle(FWMAV)inspired by the hummingbird is presented in this work.By implementing mechanical simplifications,it is possible to use planar machining technology...
supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)Grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT)(NRF-2022R1A2C2004771).
This paper proposes the bioinspired soft frog robot. All printing technology was used for the fabrication of the robot. Polyjet printing was used to print the front and back limbs, while ultrathin filament was used to...
National Key Research and Development Program of China[Grant No.2020YFB1313000];National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant No.62003060,62101086,51975070];China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2021M693769];Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing,China[Grant No.cstc2021jcyj-bsh0180];Scientific and Technological Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission[Grant No.KJQN202100648].
Variable Stiffness Actuation(VSA)is an efficient,safe,and robust actuation technology for bionic robotic joints that have emerged in recent decades.By introducing a variable stiffness elastomer in the actuation system...
the generous funding by the Werner Siemens Foundation.
Haptic feedback is typically missing during telemanipulation of surgical robots in minimally invasive surgeries,i.e.,surgeons cannot feel the interaction forces between the instruments and tissues.Instead,surgeons hav...
mainly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation,China(No.U1813216 and No.61903215);The Guangdong Natural Science Foundation,China(No.2018A030310679);The Basic Research Program of Shenzhen,China(No.JCYJ20180306174321766);The Open Project of Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society,China(No.ACO1202005004)。
Soft robots have unique advantages over traditional rigid robots and have broad application prospects in many fields.To expand their bioinspired applications,we propose a novel Soft Pneumatic Actuator(SPA)associated w...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61773358 and 51705495).
This paper introduces the design and fabrication of a smart and Hybrid Composite Finger(HCF)to achieve finger-like motions,such as holding and tapping motions.Bionic research on tapping motion of the index finger was ...
In Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI)guided intervention procedures,the flexibility and reliability of the mammary gland fixation device are important indicators for cnsuring the quality of surgery.This paper presents a ...
Technological advances are increasing the range of applications for artificial intelligence, especially through its embodiment within humanoid robotics platforms. This promotes the development of novel systems for aut...
Acknowledgment This work was supported by the National Science Foundation support projects, China (grant numbers 61633004, 61403012, and 61333016); the Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.6050000201607004). Many thanks to Ziyu Ren and Hui Wang for their kind help in implementing the experimental apparatus, con- ducting the force experiments and performing the data analysis. Thanks to Xi Fang for her kind help in revising the paper.
This article presented a four-fingered soft bionic robotic gripper with variable effective actuator lengths. By combining approaches of finite element analysis, quasi-static analytical modeling, and experimental measu...