supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52275290 and 51905222);the Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Oscillation(No.MSV202419);Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)for Basic Theory and Key Technology of Tri-Co Robots(No.92248301);Opening Project of the Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering(Ministry of Education),Jilin University(No.KF2023006);Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(No.SJCX23_2091)。
Autonomous,adaptable,and multimodal locomotion capabilities,which are crucial for the advanced intelligence of biological systems.A prominent focus of investigations in the domain of bionic soft robotics pertains to t...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2023YFB3812500);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52105003);Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(No.2222058);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.YWF-22-K-101)。
Soft robots have shown great advantages with simple structure,high degree of freedom,continuous deformation,and benign human-machine interaction.In the past decades,a variety of soft robots,including crawling,jumping,...
Their use in factories,homes,hospitals and beyond will address labor shortage and the growing need for elderly care,but how safe and reliable are they?THE era of embodied intelligence robots–robots with embodied arti...
Supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program(101120727-PRIMI).
This paper adopts the Global Workspace Theory as a neuro-scientifically plausible theory for developing conscious cognitive architecture.The Global Workspace Theory’s compatibility with the working mechanisms underne...
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2024JBMC011);Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(No.2024Z0560M5001).
This article provides a comprehensive exploration of the current research landscape in the field of soft actuation technology applied to bio-inspired soft robots. In sharp contrast to their conventional rigid counterp...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFB4700100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61925307,62373347,62333021);the Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.YSBR-041);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.2023210);the State Key Laboratory of Robotics(Grant No.2024-Z04);the Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tumors of Ministry of Education,China Medical University(Grant No.GIPD-22-01)。
Owing to the deep integration of biological and electromechanical systems,biosyncretic robotic systems have emerged as a significant research interest in robotics.This study presents the latest related research featur...
The increasing use of robotic surgery has seen a wave of technology ripple through global healthcare.Similar changes occurred in aviation several decades ago.New robot types have increased access for both patients and...
supported by the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(grant no.21DZ1100500);the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project,the Shanghai Frontiers Science Center Program(2021-2025 No.20);the Shanghai Sailing Program(23YF1429500).
The rapid development of neuromorphic computing has led to widespread investigation of artificial synapses.These synapses can perform parallel in-memory computing functions while transmitting signals,enabling low-ener...
National Science Foundation(NSF)under Grants 2222670,2222730,and 222810.
Industrialized buildings,characterized by off-site manufacturing and on-site installation,offer notable improvements in efficiency,cost-effectiveness,and material use.This transition from traditional construction meth...
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...