A novel design of a passive variable stiffness soft robotic gripper

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 November 2022 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Postgraduate Innovation Subsidy Project of Hebei Province (CXZZBS2022127) | Natural Science Foundation Key projects of Hebei Province (E2021203125) | Joint fund of Science & Technology Department of Liaoning Province and State Key Laboratory of Robotics, China (2021KF2206) | Local science and technology development fund projects guided by the central government (206Z1807G)

Authors: Yu Shan | Yanzhi Zhao | Changlei Pei | Hongnian Yu | Pengcheng Liu

Contact feedback helps snake robots propel against uneven terrain using vertical bending

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 September 2023 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Beckman Young Investigator Award) | Johns Hopkins University (Catalyst Award) | Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Career Award at the Scientific Interface)

Authors: Qiyuan Fu | Chen Li

Toward autonomous avian-inspired grasping for micro aerial vehicles

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 22 May 2014 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Authors: Justin Thomas | Giuseppe Loianno | Joseph Polin | Koushil Sreenath | Vijay Kumar

A gecko-inspired robot with CPG-based neural control for locomotion and body height adaptation

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 May 2022 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Aihong Ji, Poramate Manoonpong (No. 51861135306) | Poramate Manoonpong (No. 2020 YFB1313504)

Authors: Donghao Shao | Zhouyi Wang | Aihong Ji | Zhendong Dai | Poramate Manoonpong

DROD: bio-robotic drill/sampler for planetary subterranean exploration: experiments and challenges

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 January 2024 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R026092)

Authors: Mohamed Alkalla | Craig Pitcher

Localization of a leading robotic fish using a pressure sensor array on its following vehicle

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 January 2021 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (108-2638-M-002-002-MY2)

Authors: Wei-Kuo Yen | Chen-Fen Huang | Hong-Ruei Chang | Jenhwa Guo

Bioinspired actuation of the eyeballs of an android robotic face: concept and preliminary investigations

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 June 2007 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Authors: Federico Carpi | Danilo De Rossi

Mem-fractive properties of mushrooms

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 November 2021 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by H2020 Future and Emerging Technologies (858132)

Authors: Alexander E Beasley | Mohammed-Salah Abdelouahab | René Lozi | Michail-Antisthenis Tsompanas | Anna L Powell | Andrew Adamatzky

Optimal control of plant root tip dynamics in soil

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 September 2020 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (824074) | SMASH Smart Machines for Agricultural Solutions Hightech (POR FESR 2014-2020)

Authors: Fabio Tedone | Emanuela Del Dottore | Michele Palladino | Barbara Mazzolai | Pierangelo Marcati

Side-impact collision: mechanics of obstacle negotiation in sidewinding snakes

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 November 2020 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Division of Physics (0848894 1150760 1205878) | Army Research Office (W911NF1010343)

Authors: Henry C Astley | Jennifer M Rieser | Abdul Kaba | Veronica M Paez | Ian Tomkinson | Joseph R Mendelson | Daniel I Goldman

Biomimetic lizard robot for adapting to Martian surface terrain

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 May 2024 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52075217)

Authors: Guangming Chen | Long Qiao | Zhenwen Zhou | Xiang Lei | Meng Zou | Lutz Richter | Aihong Ji

Crab-inspired compliant leg design method for adaptive locomotion of a multi-legged robot

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 March 2022 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20181270) | National Natural Science Foundation of China (61873066) | National Key R&D Program of China (2018AAA0103004)

Authors: Jun Zhang | Qi Liu | Jingsong Zhou | Aiguo Song

Navigation by magnetic signatures in a realistic model of Earth’s magnetic field

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 May 2024 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR - FA9550-20-1-0399)

Authors: Jeffrey P Gill | Brian K Taylor

How can research on modern and fossil bones help us build more resistant columns?

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 May 2024 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Authors: A Houssaye | C Etienne | Y Gallic | F Rocchia | J Chaves-Jacob

High speed visual insect swarm tracker (Hi-VISTA) used to identify the effects of confinement on individual insect flight

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 July 2022 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by Office of Naval Research (N00014-19-1-2216)

Authors: Ishriak Ahmed | Imraan A Faruque

A dragline-forming mobile robot inspired by spiders

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 16 January 2014 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Authors: Liyu Wang | Utku Culha | Fumiya Iida

PACNav: a collective navigation approach for UAV swarms deprived of communication and external localization

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 November 2022 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Research funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 AERIAL-CORE (871479) | OP VVV (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 019/0000765) | Grantová Agentura České Republiky (20-10280S) | CTU (SGS20/174/OHK3/3T/13)

Authors: Afzal Ahmad | Daniel Bonilla Licea | Giuseppe Silano | Tomáš Báča | Martin Saska

An adaptive gaze stabilization controller inspired by the vestibulo-ocular reflex

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 September 2008 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Authors: A Lenz | T Balakrishnan | A G Pipe | C Melhuish

Biologically inspired tunable hydrophilic/hydrophobic surfaces: a copper oxide self-assembly multitier approach

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 September 2012 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Authors: Bong June Zhang | Jiyeon Park | Kwang J Kim | Hyungkee Yoon

Effect of stroke plane inclination on the hovering aerodynamic performance of tandem flapping foils

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 March 2024 in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Authors: Shubham Tiwari | Sunil Chandel