Biomechanics and Soft Robotics Lab
Publications in 2022
"A soft microrobot with highly-deformable 3D actuators for climbing and transitioning complex surfaces"
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), November 28, 2022, 119(49)e2215028119
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2215028119
"Design, fabrication, and characterization of a hydrostatic electroactive soft actuator for bio-inspired robots"
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2, 100077 (2022)
"Touchless interactive teaching of soft robots through flexible bimodal sensory interfaces"
Nature Communications, 13, 5030 (2022)
"A Miniature Soft Sensor with Origami-Inspired Self-Folding Parallel Mechanism"
Micromachines, 13, 1188 (2022)
"Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces"
Science Robotics, 7, eabm6695 (2022)
Click on the links below for media coverage of this research:
Science Magazine video: https://www.science.org/content/article/little-bot-can-hitchhike-swim-and-swoop-ease
Popular science: https://www.popsci.com/technology/drone-modeled-after-remora/
New scientist: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320472-robot-can-fly-swim-or-hitch-a-ride-by-sticking-to-other-objects/
Tech Xplore: https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-quadcopter-air-underwater-suction-cup.html
New Atlas: https://newatlas.com/drones/amphibious-drone-remora-disc/
"Editorial: Focus on research from China in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics"
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 17, 030202 (2022)
"Bio-inspired physical intelligence for soft robotics"(in Chinese)
Chin Sci Bull, 67, 959-975 (2022)
https://www.sciengine.com/publisher/scp/journal/CSB/doi/10.1360/TB-2021-1217?slug=fulltext
"A biomimetic remora disc with tunable, reversible adhesion for surface sliding and skimming"
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 17, 036001 (2022)
"Roadmap on Soft Robotics: multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders"
Multifunctional Materials, 5, 032001 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-7532/ac4c95
"A biomimetic suction cup with a V-notch structure inspired by the net-winged midge larvae"
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7, 3547-3554 (2022)