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    Soft Actuation and Compliant Mechanisms in Humanoid Robots

    We aimed to reveal the impact of soft robotics, which has developed in the last decade, on humanoid robotics research. Although humanoid robots are usually classified as hard robotics, softness should be integ...

    Ryuma Niiyama in Current Robotics Reports (2022)

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    Insect wing 3D printing

    Insects have acquired various types of wings over their course of evolution and have become the most successful terrestrial animals. Consequently, the essence of their excellent environmental adaptability and ...

    Kazuya Saito, Hiroto Nagai, Kai Suto, Naoki Ogawa, Young ah Seong in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Creating and modulating rhythms by controlling the physics of the body

    The motion behaviors of vertebrates require the correct coordination of the muscles and of the body limbs even for the most stereotyped ones like the rhythmical patterns. It means that the neural circuits have...

    Alexandre Pitti, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi in Autonomous Robots (2010)