11 accepted papers
Inspired by the starfish's active deformation to stably adhere to surfaces of different shapes, this paper designs an Active Pneumatic Bilayer Planar Actuator (A-PBPA) for surface morphing. The innovation is threefold: firstly, by replacing the fixed connecting rods between top and bottom layers in
Optimizing high-degree-of-freedom robotic manipulators requires searching complex, high-dimensional configuration spaces, a task that is computationally challenging for classical methods. This paper introduces a quantum-native framework that integrates Quantum Machine Learning (QML) with Grover's al…
Agricultural harvesting grippers have emerged as a pivotal technology in the evolution of smart agriculture, enhancing efficient fruit collection. Existing grippers frequently fail to accommodate the diverse morphologies of fruits. Moreover, achieving stable grasping under external disturbances, suc
Agricultural harvesting grippers have emerged as a pivotal technology in the evolution of smart agriculture, enhancing efficient fruit collection. Existing grippers frequently fail to accommodate the diverse morphologies of fruits. Moreover, achieving stable grasping under external disturbances, suc…
Optimizing high-degree-of-freedom robotic manipulators requires searching complex, high-dimensional configuration spaces, a task that is computationally challenging for classical methods. This paper introduces a quantum-native framework that integrates Quantum Machine Learning (QML) with Grover's al
Deformable organisms in nature inspire the design of shape-shifting robots, including soft robots, bionic robots and physical human-robot interfaces. However, to achieve multi-objective shape imitation and multi-form transformation, shape-shifting robots often require complex actuation systems, cont
How to estimate camera pose from motion-blurred images remains a challenge for visual odometry. The blurring artifacts are inevitably caused by the exposure during camera motion. While current visual odometry regards them as noise, we argue that it is necessary to extract potential information from
Collaboration with robots through physical contact offers a more intuitive, natural, and engaging operational experience, showcasing vast potential in the field of human-robot interaction. However, current physical interaction devices, such as collaborative robots and haptic feedback mechanisms, are…
Kirigami structure is featured as changing its shape by deforming its gaps through buckling and torsion. However, the existing Kigrigami structures lack the ability to control the shapes of their gaps actively, which hinders their shape deformation performances. This letter proposes a novel planar p
Shape-changing robotic mannequin is a humanoid robot for imitating shapes of human bodies. The diversity of human bodies makes it difficult to imitate various body shapes, especially the shoulders. This paper proposes a rigid-flexible-soft coupling three-layered robotic mannequin shoulder inspired b