Although robotic micromanipulation using microtweezers has been widely explored, the
current manipulation throughput hardly exceeds one operation per second. Increasing the …

This paper details the design and fabrication process of a fully integrated soft humanoid
robotic hand with five finger that integrate an embedded shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator …

A review on state of the art of kinematic analysis and dynamic stable control of space flexible
manipulators (SFMs) is presented. Specially, SFM as a significant assembled part of …

Silicone-based pneumatic actuators are among the most widely used soft actuators in
adaptable fingers. However, due to the soft nature of silicone, the performance of these …

Bat membranous wings possess unique functions that make them a good example to take
inspiration from and transform current aerial drones. In contrast with other flying vertebrates …

This paper presents a general discretization-based approach to the large deflection
problems of spatial flexible links in compliant mechanisms. Based on the principal axes …

This paper focuses on developing a framework for determining the optimal pseudo-rigid-
body (PRB) model of 2D cantilever beams. PRB models are commonly used in design and …

Compliant mechanisms achieve motion utilizing deformation of elastic members. However,
analysis of compliant mechanisms for large deflections remains a significant challenge. In …

In nature, animals or insects can leverage the same body parts for different functions (eg, a
frog can use its legs to walk, jump, and swim). But robots, especially miniature ones, can …

Roller rig tests were adopted to illustrate two typical types of Hopf bifurcations existing in the
railway vehicles. In order to investigate the influence of the vehicles' parameters on the …