A review of advances in underwater humanoid robots for human-machine cooperation

C Yang, X Wu, M Lin, R Lin, D Wu - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Underwater humanoid robots (UHRs) have emerged as a significant area of interest in
robotics, with the potential to overcome the limitations of traditional underwater robots and …

Tendon driven bistable origami flexible gripper for high-speed adaptive grasping

W Liu, X Bai, H Yang, R Bao… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter introduces a novel bistable origami flexible gripper, which is based on a single-
vertex and multi-crease (SVMC) origami structure that has several advantages, including a …

Soft Electrohydraulic Bending Actuators for Untethered Underwater Robots

H Lin, Y Chen, W Tang - Actuators, 2024 - mdpi.com
Traditional underwater rigid robots have some shortcomings that limit their applications in
the ocean. In contrast, because of their inherent flexibility, soft robots, which have gained …

A Durable and Self-Powered Triboelectric Sensor for Hydraulic Pressure Monitoring and Underwater Disturbance Detection

W Wang, C Zhao, Z Wang, B Mao, H Wang… - IEEE Sensors …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enhancing marine sensory capabilities is a crucial pathway to advance human
understanding of the oceans. Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENG), known for their high …

AquaMILR: Mechanical intelligence simplifies control of undulatory robots in cluttered fluid environments

T Wang, N Mankame, M Fernandez… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
While undulatory swimming of elongate limbless robots has been extensively studied in
open hydrodynamic environments, less research has been focused on limbless locomotion …

Exploration of fin stiffness for asymmetric thrust in a swimming robot

M Ishida, A Abdulali, NK Hosseini… - 2024 IEEE 7th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fish commonly combine pectoral fin motion with tail and body motion to create a swimming
gait. The rowing pectoral fin motion is characterized by distinct power and recovery strokes …

[HTML][HTML] Octopus Predation-Inspired Underwater Robot Capable of Adsorption through Opening and Closing Claws

H Gong, Z Li, F Meng, B Tan, S Hou - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Underwater unmanned robots are an essential tool for human underwater exploration and
detection and are widely employed in a variety of underwater operational settings. One of …

Recent Progress in 3D Printing of Polymer Materials as Soft Actuators and Robots

X Kong, M Dong, M Du, J Qian, J Yin… - Chem & Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
With inspiration from natural systems, various soft actuators and robots have been explored
in recent years with versatile applications in biomedical and engineering fields. Soft active …

Steering characteristics and path following control of a bionic underwater vehicle with multiple locomotion modes

X Wang, C Zhou, J Wang, J Fan, Z Zhang, W Chang - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The research on the path following control of the bionic underwater vehicle with high
maneuverability and propulsive performance is a crucial issue. This paper investigates the …