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Results in EngineeringSoft robots offer promising solutions for human-robot interaction through inherent compliance, yet achieving controllable stiffness while maintaining dexterity remains challenging.
Xin Fu +6 more
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3D‐MOF‐Lattice Inspired Programmable Metamaterials Based on Reconfigurable Polyhedral Origami
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A novel metamaterial design strategy: inspired by MOFs crystal networks, creating reconfigurable modular polyhedral units to overcome the limitations of traditional materials. These modules exhibit adjustable stiffness, bistability, and Poisson's ratio that can be adjusted from negative to positive values.
Xi Kang +5 more
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MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant‐Inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors
Advanced Science, EarlyView.MELEGROS is a monolithic, elephant‐inspired soft gripper integrating 3D‐printed optical sensors within a pneumatically actuated lattice. Simulation‐guided design decouples tactile and proprioceptive sensing. Characterized through grasping tests, MELEGROS can reach, scoop, and grasp, showcasing a paradigm where fully embedded sensing and continuous ...
Petr Trunin +4 more
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Programmable Multifunctional Bistable Structures for Energy Transfer and Dissipation
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Utilizing the energy conversion characteristics of asymmetric bistable beams, this study develops a programmable multifunctional system composed of multiple bistable beams for energy transfer and dissipation. The high energy density enables the system to demonstrate potential in transient scenarios such as target delivery and shock absorption ...
Xin Na +6 more
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Design and evaluation of Lizard-Inspired Single-Actuated robot
ROBOMECH JournalThe purpose of this paper is to develop a new Lizard-Inspired Single-Actuated (LISA) robot prototype capable of achieving the theoretical maximum input angle.
Shunsuke Nansai, Norihiro Kamamichi
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Multimodal Layer‐Crossing Interrogation of Brain Circuits Enabled by Microfluidic Axialtrodes
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The study introduces a flexible microfluidic axialtrode that integrates optical, electrical, and chemical modalities within a single polymer fiber. By redistributing electrodes and fluidic channels along the fiber axis via angled cleaving, it enables simultaneous optogenetic stimulation, electrophysiological recording, and drug delivery across brain ...
Kunyang Sui +8 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Inspired by nature's competitive maneuvers, this study introduces a combustion‐driven soft actuator that powers a multi‐modal “Jump‐and‐Fly Catbot” (JFC). With millisecond response, high‐force output (over 70 times its weight) and precise control (error within 5%), the robot can jump, fly, hover, and escape from challenging environments, achieving ...
Hongkuan Ma +4 more
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Deformation Driven Suction Cups: A Mechanics‐Based Approach to Wearable Electronics
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Deformation‐driven suction cups enable robust, reversible adhesion of wearable electronics to human skin spanning wide mechanical compliance, without adhesives or tight straps. By integrating mechanics modeling, experiments, and contact mechanics theory, this work reveals how cup geometry, substrate compliance, and interfacial adhesion govern suction ...
Seola Lee +10 more
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Monolithic 3D Printing of Origami‐Inspired Soft Robotics from Sustainable Bio‐Based Resin
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This work develops a photocurable, bio‐based resin from soybean oil for the monolithic fabrication of sustainable soft robots via Digital Light Processing. An origami‐inspired, vacuum‐actuated soft gripper is designed and fabricated, enabling reliable operation despite the material's lower elongation.
Ramin Montazeri +6 more
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Diversity of Robotic Mechanisms and Kinematics
Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 2016 openaire +2 more sources