Existing grippers for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manipulation have persistent
challenges, highlighting a need for grippers that are soft, self-adaptive, self-contained, easy …

Bioinspired Flapping-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles (FWMAVs) have emerged over the last two
decades as a promising new type of robot. Their high thrustto-weight ratio, versatility, safety …

The ability to grasp objects broadens the application range of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) by allowing interactions with the environment. The difficulty in performing a midair …

The main aim of this paper is to explore new approaches to structural design and to solve
the problem of lightweight design of structures involving multivariable and multi-objectives …

In this article, we describe the design, fabrication, and validation of a push-latch gripper
produced via additive manufacturing, which is capable of performing planar grasps of …

The need for physical interactions and aerial manipulation has driven the demand for small
multirotor vehicles with higher degrees of actuation and adaptability. This leads to the …

Drones can perform missions by hovering. However, drones consume large amounts of
energy when hovering, which shortens the maximum mission time. In this study, a rod …

We present Dynamics-Guided Diffusion Model, a data-driven framework for generating
manipulator geometry designs for a given manipulation task. Instead of training different …

Having uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) pick loose objects up from the ground poses
several challenges. While soft grippers are a potential solution, they must be appropriately …

This letter proposes a novel bionic bird claw with a digit-locking mechanism inspired by a
tendon-locking mechanism (TLM). Firstly, the biological mechanisms of both the bird digit …