supported by the National Key Research&Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFB1313504);the State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Gecko-inspired robots have significant potential applications;however,deviations in the yaw direction during locomotion are inevitable for legged robots that lack external sensing.These deviations cause the robot to s...
Shahar Dubiner was supported by the Azrieli Graduate Studies Fellowship.
In winter,many reptiles have a period of inactivity(“brumation”).During brumation there is no energetic intake,therefore there would be an advantage to reducing energetic expenditure.The size of energetically costly...
Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures,1005-IZD23002-25;Aihong Ji,National Natural Science Foundation of China,51861135306,Aihong Ji,51875281;Aihong Ji,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Doctoral Student Short-Term Overseas Visiting Program,230304DF05,Qingfei Han.
Geckos can efficiently navigate complex terrains due to their multi-level adhesive system that is present on their toes.The setae are responsible for the gecko’s extraordinary adhesion and have garnered wide attentio...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.31871211 (to YJunW);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)。
The low intrinsic growth capacity of neurons and an injury-induced inhibitory milieu are major contributo rs to the failure of sensory and motor functional recovery following spinal cord injury.Heat shock transcriptio...
the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.52275210);the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(No.2022JM-175);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities;SEM facility of Instrument Analysis Center of Xi'an Jiaotong University,China.
Switchable adhesives have attracted widespread attention due to their strong reusability and adaptability to operate stably in complex environments.However,the simple fabrication of adhesive structures and reliable co...
the Foundation Research Project of Jiangsu Province Natural Science Fund(No.BK20190415).
Wall climbing robots can be used to undertake missions in many unstructured environments.However,current wall climbing robots have mobility difficulties such as in the turning or accelarating.One of the main reasons f...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFB1305300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61733001,61873039,U1713215,U1913211,and U2013602);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2021M690017)。
Many studies have examined the design,fabrication and characteristics of gecko-inspired adhesives,but applied research on gecko-inspired surfaces in humanoid dexterous hands is relatively scarce.Here,a wedged slanted ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51975283);the Basic Research Program of Shenzhen(JCYJ20210324122810033)。
Climbing behavior is a superior motion skill that animals have evolved to obtain a more beneficial position in complex natural environments.Compared to animals,current bionic climbing robots are less agile,stable,and ...
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Programof China(Grant No.2021YFB2011500);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52025055 and 51905415);Natural ScienceFoundationofShaanxiProvince,China(2019JLM-5);Institutional Foundation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University,China Gas Turbine Establishment of Aero Engine Corporation of China(GJCZ-2019-0039);National Postdoctoral Program for InnovativeTalents(No.BX20180251);hina Postdoctoral ScienceFoundation(No.2019M653588);YoungTalent Fund of UniversityAssociationfor ScienceandTechnology in Shaanxi,China(20200404).
Highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors play an important role to ensure the safety and friendliness during the human-robot interaction process.Microengineering the active layer has been shown to improve performanc...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51425502).
Bio-inspired reversible adhesion has significant potential in many fields requiring flexible grasping and manipulation,such as precision manufacturing,flexible electronics,and intelligent robotics.Despite extensive ef...