5 accepted papers
Slender soft robots offer significant advantages for real-life applications, particularly in areas that require delicate and adaptable interaction with complex environments. However, their effectiveness and safety can be greatly limited in the absence of sensing capabilities. Hall effect sensors, kn
Soft underwater robots, designed to mimic the movement and adaptability of aquatic animals, use flexible materials like silicone and rubber to change shape and navigate complex environments. These robots can squeeze through narrow spaces and avoid obstacles, making them ideal for exploring underwate
Efficient modeling of soft robots for design optimization and control is an active area of research. When representing soft robots as an assembly of rods and rigid bodies, strain-based parametrization has proved to be able to reduce the required number of degrees of freedom drastically. However, thi
Many sensor systems in robotics are bio-inspired by similar mechanisms in living creatures. Birds frequently use their beaks to grasp and manipulate objects. This work proposes a very lightweight sensor system that emulates a bird’s beak, thus allowing flapping aerial robots to interact with the env
Winged animals such as birds, flying mammals or insects have lightweight limbs which allow them to perform different tasks. Although in robotics there are some examples of winged robots (called ornithopters), it has not been yet studied how to add them some manipulation-like capabilities, similarly