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Quadruped Robots and Canine Likeness: The Uncanny Valley Effect

This paper presents canine likeness features in robotic quadrupeds that influence their social perception. We adopted Contrastive Language-Image Pre-Training (CLIP), a neural network that has demonstrated signatures of the Uncanny Valley effect, to ...
Hung, Patrick C.K., Iqbal, Farkhund, Velasco, Carolina, Tseng, Hao An, Al Breiki, Hamda   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Configurable Embedded CPG-Based Control for Robot Locomotion

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2012
Recently, the development of intelligent robots has benefited from a deeper understanding of the biomechanics and neurology of biological systems. Researchers have proposed the concept of Central Pattern Generators (CPGs) as a mechanism for generating an
Jose Hugo Barron-Zambrano, Cesar Torres-Huitzil, Bernard Girau   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interbody Wire for Reconfigurable Robots: Bridging Integrated Morphological Reconfiguration and Distributed Wire‐Mediated Cooperation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
TwinX shows how a single interbody wire connecting two robots can support both integrated morphological reconfiguration and distributed wire‐mediated cooperation. When the robots dock, they reconfigure into different forms for locomotion and manipulation.
Shintaro Inoue, Kento Kawaharazuka, Keita Yoneda, Sota Yuzaki, Temma Suzuki, Kei Okada   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliant Footpads Enable Terrain‐Adaptive Hopping in a Monopedal Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A lightweight compliant footpad with embedded spines lets a monopedal hopping robot keep stable ground contact. It preserves stance‐phase dynamics and enables reliable hopping on rock, sand, and ice. Monopedal hopping robots offer exceptional mobility over discontinuous terrain but require consistent foot‐ground contact to maintain stance‐phase ...
Jeeraphat Owen Kledkruemas, Song Li, Songnan Bai, Pakpong Chirarattananon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-Modal Transition of a Canine-like Quadruped to a Bipedal State

, 2022
Legged robots have become the premier class of robot for use in unstructured environments due to their adaptability and versatility. Of the different subclasses of legged robots, bipedal and quadrupedal robots have been the focus of research for ...
Euredjian, Andrew
core   +1 more source

Purely Mechanical Muscle Length Feedback Enables Embodied Reflexive Control in Musculoskeletal Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
For musculoskeletal robots, this study proposes a purely mechanical reflex module. Specifically, this module implements a length feedback mechanism without electronics, enabling autonomous contraction of an artificial muscle once its length exceeds a threshold.
Shunsuke Koseki, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Dai Owaki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CPGs with Continuous Adjustment of Phase Difference for Locomotion Control

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2013
The central pattern generator (CPG) has been found to be a real, existing neuron controller for the locomotion control of animals and it has been used on bio-inspired robots widely in recent years.
Xingming Wu, Long Teng, Weihai Chen, Guanjiao Ren, Yan Jin, gwei Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developmental differences in cortical bone structure in chimpanzee and human femora reflect early locomotor independence in humans

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses changes throughout growth via skeletal modeling and has important implications for bone strength and structural integrity. Ontogenetic trends in diaphyseal structure have been identified in both chimpanzees and humans but it is not yet clear how these trends compare given notable differences ...
Karen R. Swan, Rachel Ives, Zewdi J. Tsegai, Louise T. Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural design and 3D printing of flexible integrated electronic systems

FlexMat, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of design and integration strategies for individual components in flexible electronics, highlights the 3D‐printing fabrication techniques, and discusses recent advances in system‐level integration and their applications in real‐time monitoring and intelligent robotics.
Jiani Gong, Jiaying Wang, Changsong Shi, Chi Guo, Songze Fu, Jie Tao, Xiaolong Chen, Yunfei Chen, Zhiyang Lyu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial structures for human‐machine interfaces with closed‐loop interaction

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Artificial structures bridge sensing and feedback in closed‐loop human‐machine interfaces by providing geometry‐enabled mechanical and functional programmability. This review maps the role of artificial structures in diverse sensing modalities and feedback strategies, and illustrates their integration into closed‐loop interaction systems, highlighting ...
Taiqi Hu, Taisong Pan, Siqi Chen, Yiting Zhang, Yuan Lin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source