Bioinspired artificial hair sensors for flight-by-feel of unmanned aerial vehicles: a review

AC Hollenbeck, R Grandhi, JH Hansen, AM Pankonien - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on underwater soft robots: Adhesion, grabbing, actuating, and sensing

Y Zhang, D Kong, Y Shi, M Cai, Q Yu, S Li… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The research on biomimetic robots, especially soft robots with flexible materials as the main
structure, is constantly being explored. It integrates multi-disciplinary content, such as …

Enhanced performance of bionic ciliary piezoelectric microsensor for hydrodynamic perception

X Zhang, J Luo, X Shan, T Xie, B Ma - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents a bionic ciliary piezoelectric microsensor in d 33 mode for enhancing
performance of self-powered hydrodynamic perception. The sensor is composed of a …

Near-field electrospinning-enabled direct-write P (VDF-TrFE) nano/micro-fiber-based piezoelectric film for a high-performance airflow sensor

J Hu, J Chen, P Liu, S Fan, W Duan - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
Airflow sensor is a crucial component in many engineering settings, such as sustainable
energy utilization, environmental monitoring, weather forecasting, and aerospace …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the connection between upstream obstacles, wake structures, and root signals in seal whisker array sensing using interpretable neural networks

D Bodaghi, Y Wang, G Liu, D Liu, Q Xue… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study presents a novel method that combines a computational fluid-structure interaction
model with an interpretable deep-learning model to explore the fundamental mechanisms of …

[HTML][HTML] Decoding and realising flapping flight with port-hamiltonian system theory

F Califano, R Rashad, A Dijkshoorn… - Annual Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper we envision how to tackle a particularly challenging problem which presents
highly interdisciplinary features, ranging from biology to engineering: the dynamic …

Dynamics‐Oriented Underwater Mechanoreception Interface for Simultaneous Flow and Contact Perception

H Zhong, Y Wang, J Xu, Y Cheng, S Liu… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of a sufficient and efficient way to simultaneously perceive general underwater
mechanical stimuli, physical contact, and fluidic flow has been a bottleneck for many aquatic …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible flow sensors-enabled intelligent life

Z Ma, D Shen - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In our daily life, flexible flow sensors endow us with a'sixth sense'capability, ie'touch'the
fluids, improving living quality. Although there are kinds of flexible flow sensors developed to …

Design of an array of piezoresistive airflow sensors based on pressure loading mode for simultaneous detection of airflow velocity and direction

J Chen, P Liu, J Hu, J Yang, C Chen - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
As an irreplaceable element for obtaining airflow information in many engineering
scenarios, airflow sensors have gained increasing attention across the fields of aerospace …

An internal miniature diversion channel-integrated piezoelectric airflow sensor

P Liu, J Hu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this note, we propose and develop a piezoelectric airflow sensor with a novel
configuration composed of a piezoelectric bimorph cantilever (PBC) and an internal …