Biomimetic soft adhesion robot: From biology to bionics

Biomimetic soft matter

Biomimetic robot navigation

In the past decade, a large number of robots has been built that explicitly implement biological navigation behaviours. We review these biomimetic approaches using a framework that allows for a common description of biological and technical navigation behaviour. The review shows that biomimetic systems make significant contributions to two fields of research: First, they provide a real world te...

Biomimetic soft multifunctional miniature aquabots.

Engineered locomotive systems are widespread on the macro scale (e.g., planes, trains, automobiles), yet miniaturized mobile systems are largely limited to the research lab. In particular, integration of specific functions such as sensing or drug delivery into a small robot is a great challenge. The ability to miniaturize parts affecting motion, such as MEMS-based components and electroactive p...

Dynamic Analysis and Simulation on Bionics Quadruped Robot

The structural framework of quadruped robot was built based on the bionics. Then, lead out the dynamic equations of the simplified structure of the multiple rigid body system using Lagrange method considering the structural characteristic of quadruped robot. At the same time, the virtual prototype of quadruped robot was established and simulated using ADAMS with the planned gait. The simulation...

Towards a biomimetic EAP robot

This paper describes preliminary experiments with an EAP (electroactive polymer) robot. The research reported here serves two purposes. First, we aim at building a testbed to investigate control methods of EAP actuators. Second, we wish to build an underwater robot that mimics undulating motions of pectoral fins. The prototype described in this paper has two pectoral fins. The tests confirm tha...