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Open AccessAGDS: adaptive goal-directed strategy for swarm drones flying through unknown environments
This paper aims to address a challenging problem of a drone swarm for a specific mission by reaching a desired region, through an unknown environment. A bio-inspired flocking algorithm with adaptive goal-direc...
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Innovations in Infrastructure Service Robots
Infrastructure service robotics is a discipline studying robotic systems and methodology for buildings and civil infrastructure construction, inspection, and maintenance. The target could be buildings, estates...
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Bio-inspired flow sensing and prediction for fish-like undulating locomotion: A CFD-aided approach
Feedback flow information is of significance to enable underwater locomotion controllers with higher adaptability and efficiency within varying environments. Inspired from fish sensing their external flow via ...
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Recent Development and Trends of Clinical-Based Gait Rehabilitation Robots
Loss of motor and sensory ability is frequently encountered by people with arthritis, stroke, trauma resulting in brain injuries or spinal cord injury (SCI), or other neurological diseases [1]. Walking impairm...
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Gait study and pattern generation of a starfish-like soft robot with flexible rays actuated by SMAs
This paper presents the design and development of a starfish-like soft robot with flexible rays and the implementation of multi-gait locomotion using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuators. The design principle wa...
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On-line Optimization of Biomimetic Undulatory Swimming by an Experiment-based Approach
An experiment-based approach is proposed to improve the performance of biomimetic undulatory locomotion through on-line optimization. The approach is implemented through two steps: (1) the generation of coordi...
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A Three-Dimensional Kinematics Analysis of a Koi Carp Pectoral Fin by Digital Image Processing
Pectoral fins fascinate researchers for their important role in fish maneuvers. By possessing a complicated flexible structure with several fin rays made by a thin film, the fin exhibits a three-dimensional (3...
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Better Endurance and Load Capacity: An Improved Design of Manta Ray Robot (RoMan-II)
An improved design of a biomimetic underwater vehicle (RoMan-II) inspired by manta ray is presented in this paper. The design of the prototype and the swimming motion control are discussed. Instead of using ri...
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Locomotion and depth control of robotic fish with modular undulating fins
This paper presents an environmental-friendly robotic system mimicking the undulating fins of a fish. To mimic the actual flexible fin of real fish, a fin-like mechanism with a series of connecting linkages is...
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A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of an undulatory mechanical fin driven by shape memory alloy
Many fishes use undulatory fin to propel themselves in the underwater environment. These locomotor mechanisms have a popular interest to many researchers. In the present study, we perform a three-dimensional u...