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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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Stochastic Locomotion Emerging From Body–Environment Interactions in a Mexican Jumping Bean–Inspired Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Inspired by the Mexican jumping bean, this study presents a centimeter‐scale, electronics‐free robot that merges principles from both the animal and plant kingdoms. A thermo‐responsive actuator mimicking larval motion, enclosed within a uniquely shaped plant‐seed‐inspired shell, generates jumping, rolling, flipping, sliding, and climbing through ...
Ragesh Chellattoan, Alessio Mondini, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Barbara Mazzolai   +3 more
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Mimicking honeybee eyes with a 280 degrees field of view catadioptric imaging system [PDF]

, 2010
Stürzl W, Böddeker N, Dittmar L, Egelhaaf M. Mimicking honeybee eyes with a 280 degrees field of view catadioptric imaging system. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
Stürzl, Wolfgang, Egelhaaf, Martin ; https://orcid.org/, Böddeker, Norbert, Dittmar, Laura, L Dittmar, W Stürzl, N Boeddeker, M Egelhaaf   +7 more
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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
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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
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Continuous and Large‐Scale: ELEANOR, the Soft Architected Arm Inspired by the Elephant Trunk

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A large‐scale, architected continuum robot inspired by the macroscopic properties of the African elephant trunk achieves adaptive elephant‐like movements and whole‐body grasping. The results demonstrate that designing from the natural system’s macroscopic properties, rather than prescribing behaviors, provides a powerful strategy for developing ...
Giovanna A. Naselli, Anderson B. Nardin, Seonggun Joe, Ryan Drinkwater, Enrico Donato, Diego Bianchi, Egidio Falotico, Michel C. Milinkovitch, Lucia Beccai   +8 more
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FEA Models Accompanying "Reconstructing full-field flapping wing dynamics from sparse measurements"

, 2021
The uploaded FEA models were used in: Johns, William, Lisa Davis, and Mark Jankauski. "Reconstructing full-field flapping wing dynamics from sparse measurements." Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 16.1 (2020 ...
Mark Jankauski
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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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Development of a flapping mechanism inspired by the flexible wing-base structure of insects for wing motion control

Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2022
Flying insects are capable of hovering and rapid maneuver under unpredictable environments. The principal wing-beat is generated by transmitting the rhythmical contractions of power muscles to the exoskeleton and wing-base articulation.
Sakito KOIZUMI, Toshiyuki NAKATA, Hao LIU   +2 more
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The Collective Power of Bacteria as a Blueprint for Emergent Intelligence

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Small cells, powerful collectives. Bacteria demonstrate how sophisticated behaviors can emerge from many simple individuals working together. We explore the remarkable world of bacterial communities and the mechanisms that underpin their complex emergent behaviors, enabling impressive adaptability, robustness, and responsiveness to changing ...
Johanna A. Blee, Thomas E. Gorochowski, Sabine Hauert   +2 more
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