Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm
Available online 11 December 2024
This paper endeavours to bridge the existing gap in muscular actuator design for ligament-skeletal-inspired robots, thereby fostering the evolution of these robotic systems. We introduce two novel compliant...
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Additive manufacturing of bionic interfaces: From conceptual understanding to renewable energy applications
Available online 30 October 2024
Bionic interfaces exhibit multiscale features with various functions that reduce energy consumption and produce renewable resources to support life, triggering them an emerging area of technological...
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Bio-inspired wet/lubricious/adhesive soft matter and performance control in-between
Available online 5 October 2024
Nature evolves soft but structural architectures with typical wet/lubricous/adhesive behavior, as well as tunable interface functionalities, such as superhydrophilicity, superhydrophobic, superlubricity,...
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Metal ions dependent material density and mechanical properties of the chela spines in the scorpion Androctonus bicolor
Available online 21 September 2024
Scorpions are distributed almost all over the world and inhabit rainforests, deserts, mountains, and littoral zones. Their multifunctional chelae play a key role in their biology. The chela is the pincer...
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