— Recent studies on the insect water strider showed that the insect heavily relies on surface tension force to stay afloat. Inspired by this insect, water strider robots have be...
—This paper describes the design, construction, and testing of a biomimetic pectoral (side) fin with actively controlled curvature for UUV propulsion. First, a 3D unsteady comput...
John Palmisano, Ravi Ramamurti, Kerr-Jia Lu, Jonah...
A human performs a variety of skillful movements by adjusting dynamic characteristics of his or her musculoskeletal system according to a task involved. Such characteristics of hu...
— In this paper we outline a grasp planning system designed to augment the cortical control of a prosthetic arm and hand. A key aspect of this task is the presence of on-line use...
Matei T. Ciocarlie, Samuel T. Clanton, M. Chance S...
— This paper, presents a feasability study of a central pattern generator-based analog controller for an autonomous robot. The operation of a neuronal circuit formed of electroni...
Young-Jun Lee, Jihyun Lee, Kyung Ki Kim, Yong-Bin ...