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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspiring an Interest in STEM

IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
Attracting K–12 students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is viewed as a critical element for benefiting both the economy and society. This paper describes an outreach program, conducted in a Brooklyn, NY, USA, public middle school, aimed at educating students in mechatronics, biology, and bioinspiration ...
Jeffrey Laut, Tiziana Bartolini, Maurizio Porfiri   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Total Synthesis of Mavacuran Alkaloids via Bioinspired and Non-Bioinspired Strategies

Synlett, 2023
AbstractIn this account, we report our endeavors towards the total synthesis of the mavacuran alkaloids and some of their highly natural complex bis-indoles. Our studies started with the hemisynthesis of voacalgine A and bipleiophylline, made an excursion to a related family of monoterpene indole alkaloids (total synthesis of 17-nor-excelsinidine) and ...
Kouklovsky, Cyrille, Poupon, Erwan, Evanno, Laurent, Vincent, Guillaume   +3 more
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Bioinspired NEMS—Prospective of Collaboration with Nature

Applied Sciences, 2022
The fields of micro- and nanomechanics are strongly interconnected with the development of micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) and nano-electro-mechanical (NEMS) devices, their fabrication and applications.
Marina Simovic-Pavlovic, Bojana Bokic, Darko Vasiljevic, Branko Kolaric   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Flight–Attachment–Crawling Robot for Large-Scale Crane Inspection: Design, Aerodynamic Analysis, and Experiment

Applied Sciences
This paper presents a flight–attachment–crawling robot (FACR) for close-range inspection of large-scale crane structures, aiming to improve access efficiency and contact-based inspection capability in elevated and discontinuous metallic environments. The
Wensheng Su, Weiwei Liu, Xuefei Liu, Youzhi Xu, Gu Yi, Xinren Wang, Weigang Zhang, Aihong Ji   +7 more
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Soft Manipulators and Grippers: A Review

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2016
Soft robotics is a growing area of research which utilises the compliance and adaptability of soft structures to develop highly adaptive robotics for soft interactions. One area in which soft robotics has the ability to make significant impact is in the
Josie Hughes, Utku Culha, Fabio Giardina, Fabian Günther, Andre Rosendo, Fumiya Iida   +5 more
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A Worm‐Inspired Origami Robot with Multimodal Locomotion for Adaptive Mobility in Complex Pipeline Environments

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An origami worm‐inspired robot achieves multimodal locomotion in confined pipelines through mechatronic integration that embeds actuation, control, and communication within each origami module. Large, reversible configuration and dimensional changes enable 25 gaits synthesized by a unified framework across peristaltic, inchworm, and wheel‐rolling modes
Qiwei Zhang, Kangning Tan, Zihan He, Hongsen Pang, Yanjie Wang, Hongbin Fang, Jian Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nanostructured superhydrophobic films synthesized by electrodeposition of fluorinated polyindoles

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2015
Materials with bioinspired superhydrophobic properties are highly desirable for many potential applications. Here, nine novel monomers derived from indole are synthesized to obtain these properties by electropolymerization.
Gabriela Ramos Chagas, Thierry Darmanin, Frédéric Guittard   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Aerodynamic Analysis and Conceptual Design of Bioinspired Multi-Flapping-Wing Drones

Drones, 2021
Many research studies have investigated the characteristics of bird flights as a source of bioinspiration for the design of flapping-wing micro air vehicles. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no drone design targeted the exploitation of the
Ethan Billingsley, Mehdi Ghommem, Rui Vasconcellos, Abdessattar Abdelkefi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source