Flight-by-feel is an emerging approach to flight control that uses distributed arrays of
pressure, strain, and flow sensors to guide aircraft. Among these, hair-type flow sensors …

Perception plays a pivotal role in both biological and technological interactions with the
environment. Recent advancements in whisker sensors, drawing inspiration from nature's …

Antennae are the main sensory organs of insects which allow them to gather information
from environment through direct contact and active sensing. In this study, a self-powered …

Since designing efficient tactile sensors for autonomous robots is still a challenge, this paper
proposes a perceptual system based on a bioinspired triboelectric whisker sensor (TWS) …

Bionic engineering provides a promising way for promoting the development of science and
technology. Next‐generation diversified mechanosensors that can efficiently sense four …

Disturbance estimation for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) is crucial for robustness and safety.
In this paper, we use novel, bio-inspired airflow sensors to measure the airflow acting on a …

Conventional gastrointestinal endoscopy often induces considerable discomfort to patients,
and there are bleeding and perforation risks due to a lack of force information on the …

To minimize the risk of colliding with the ground or other obstacles, flying animals need to
control both their ground speed and ground height. This task is particularly challenging in …

Autonomous flight through unknown environments in the presence of obstacles is a
challenging problem for micro aerial vehicles (MAVs). A majority of the current state-of-art …

Robotic exploration under uncertain environments is challenging when optical information is
not available. In this article, we propose an autonomous solution of exploring an unknown …