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Surface-based manipulation with modular foldable robots [PDF]
npj RoboticsIntelligence lies not only in the brain (decision-making processes) but in the body (physical morphology). The morphology of robots can significantly influence how they interact with the physical world, crucial for manipulating objects in real-life ...
Ziqiao Wang +3 more
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Spatially programmable origami networks enable high-density mechanical computing for autonomous robotics [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMechanical computing enables logic decision-making, allowing direct computational integration into robotics to enhance their autonomy in complex environments.
Xinyu Hu +3 more
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Modular Reconfigurable Robotics
Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2019 This article reviews the current state of the art in the development of modular reconfigurable robot (MRR) systems and suggests promising future research directions. A wide variety of MRR systems have been presented to date, and these robots promise to be versatile, robust, and low cost compared with other conventional robot systems.
Jungwon Seo, Jamie Paik, Mark Yim
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A Reconfigurable Leg for Walking Robots [PDF]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022 ISSN:2377 ...
Fang Nan +2 more
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CMOS‐Inspired Complementary Fluidic Circuits for Soft Robots
Advanced Science, 2021 The latest efforts in digital fluidic circuits’ research aim at being electronics‐free, light‐weight, and compliant controllers for soft robots; however, challenges arise to adjust the fluidic circuit's digital logic operations.
Sukho Song, Sagar Joshi, Jamie Paik
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Flexure Variable Stiffness Actuators
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 Series elastic actuators (SEAs) and variable elastic actuators (VSAs) provide shock resistance, energy storage, and stable force control. However, they usually require extra springs, mechanical parts, and transmissions, increasing size, weight, number of
Frederic H. Giraud +2 more
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Soft Touch using Soft Pneumatic Actuator–Skin as a Wearable Haptic Feedback Device
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 Understanding the external environment depends heavily on vision, audition, and touch. Like vision and audition, the human sense of touch is complex.
Harshal Arun Sonar +2 more
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NeuroImage, 2023 The exact somatotopy of the human facial representation in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) remains debated. One reason that progress has been hampered is due to the methodological challenge of how to apply automated vibrotactile stimuli to face ...
Sanne Kikkert +4 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 Modular robots hold promise of adaptability, robustness, and versatility. Synchronization of modules is critical; if a module is asynchronous, not only will the robot fail to perform tasks properly, but its behavior may be self‐destructive through self ...
Kevin Holdcroft +4 more
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Mathematics, 2023 Reconfigurable robots design based on polyominos or n-Omino is increasingly being explored in cleaning and maintenance (CnM) tasks due to their ability to change shape using intra- and inter-reconfiguration, resulting in various footprints of the robot ...
Manivannan Kalimuthu +5 more
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