Biomechanics and Soft Robotics Lab
Publications in 2017
Journal Publications
"A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish"
Science Robotics, Vol. 2, Issue 10 (DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan8072), 2017
Journal cover article, featured by Science/AAAS magzine.
http://robotics.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2/10/eaan8072?ijkey=NjTiSHjkePTLk&keytype=ref&siteid=robotics
Click on the links below for media coverage of this research:
Reported by Science with the title of “This robotic ‘remora’ can cling to objects with a force 340 times its own weight” in doi:10.1126/science.aaq0100 at
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/robotic-remora-can-cling-objects-force-340-times-its-own-weight
Reported by Science with the title of “How the sucker comes to grip” in DOI: 10.1126/science.357.6357.1250-f at
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6357/1250.6?utm_campaign=twis_sci_2017-09-21&et_rid=263533777&et_cid=1558522
Reported by MIT Technology Review with the title of “Scientists Have Built a Shark-Sucking Robot That Is Hideous and Cool” at
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/608916/scientists-have-built-a-shark-sucking-robot-that-is-hideous-and-cool/
Reported by The New Scientist with the title of “Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker” at
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2148082-robots-can-hitch-hike-on-sharks-thanks-to-ultrastrong-sucker/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-
Reported by Live Science with the title of “Super-Sticky Robot Clings Underwater Like 'Hitchhiker' Fish” at
https://www.livescience.com/60465-robot-clings-underwater-like-hitchhiker-fish.html
Reported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) at
www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab434/info72095.htm
"Modeling and experiments of a soft robotic gripper in amphibious environments"
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems(IJARS), 14(3): 1729881417707148, 2017
"A Survey on Fabrication, Control, and Hydrodynamic Function of Biomimetic Robotic Fish"
Science China Technological Sciences, 10.1007/s11431-016-9065-x, 2017.
“A bio-inspired electrocommunication system for small underwater robots”
Bioinspiration Biomimetics, 12(3):036002, 2017
"Soft Robotics: Structure, Actuation, Sensing and Control"
Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 53(13):1-13, 2017. (In Chinese)
Conferences and Proceedings
Wen, L*
“A Bio-inspired Soft Robotic Gripper Inspired by the Cephalopod Tentacles”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, San Fransisco, CA, USA, in press, 2018
“A Bio-inspired Soft Robotic Gripper Inspired by the Cephalopod Tentacles”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, San Fransisco, CA, USA, in press, 2018
Wen, L*
“A Bioinspired Robotic Fish Fin with Mechanosensensation Using Conductive Liquid-Metal-Infused Soft Actuators”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, San Fransisco, CA, USA, in press, 2018
“A Bioinspired Robotic Fish Fin with Mechanosensensation Using Conductive Liquid-Metal-Infused Soft Actuators”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, San Fransisco, CA, USA, in press, 2018
Li Wen*
“A Kalman filter based force-feedback control system for hydrodynamic investigation of unsteady aquatic propulsion”
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2017:1214-1219.
Best Paper in Biomimetics Award!
“A Kalman filter based force-feedback control system for hydrodynamic investigation of unsteady aquatic propulsion”
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2017:1214-1219.
Best Paper in Biomimetics Award!
“A Real-time and Unsupervised Advancement Scheme for Underwater Machine Vision”
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Cyber Technol. Autom., Control, Intell. Syst. 2017: 271–276
Best Paper Award!
Wen Li*
“A Variable Stiffness Soft Robotic Gripper with Low-Melting-Point Alloy”
The 36th Chinese Control Conference(CCC2017), 2017 in press
“A Variable Stiffness Soft Robotic Gripper with Low-Melting-Point Alloy”
The 36th Chinese Control Conference(CCC2017), 2017 in press
Li Wen*
“A Programmable Mechanical Freedom and Variable Stiffness Soft Actuator with Low Melting Point Alloy”
The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2017:151-161
Best paper award!
“A Programmable Mechanical Freedom and Variable Stiffness Soft Actuator with Low Melting Point Alloy”
The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2017:151-161
Best paper award!
“A Bio-robotic Remora (Echeneis naucrates) Adhesive Disc: Design, Fabrication and Function”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017
“Understanding Fish Linear Acceleration Using an Undulatory Bio-robotic Model with Soft Fluidic Elastomer Actuated Median Fins”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017
Wen L*
“The Contribution of Soft Tissue and Rigid Spinules to the Adhesive Ability of Remoras (Echeneis Naucrates)”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017
“The Contribution of Soft Tissue and Rigid Spinules to the Adhesive Ability of Remoras (Echeneis Naucrates)”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017
“Bioinspired Lubricant-Infused Surfaces Enhance Aquatic Locomotion”
Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative Orgasmic Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA, JAN 04-08, 2017