Deep space exploration can satisfy humanity's curiosity about the origin of life and the
evolution of the universe and enhance our understanding of the internal geological structure …

Currently, soft robotics technologies are creating the means of robotic abilities and are
required for the development of biomimetic robotics. In recent years, earthworm-inspired soft …

Traditional geotechnical engineering is challenged in terms of sustainability, resilience,
reliability and resources availability in the context of climate change and urbanization …

On December 2, 2020, a 2-m class robotic drill onboard the Chinese Chang'E 5 lunar lander
successfully penetrated 1 m into the lunar regolith and collected 259.72 g of samples. This …

Cutting is a fundamental machining method extensively utilized across various fields,
including mechanical engineering, agriculture, forestry, biomedical instrumentation, mineral …

Granular environments, such as sand, are one of the most challenging substrates for robots
to move within due to large depth‐dependent forces, unpredictable fluid/solid resistance …

Creating burrows through natural soils and sediments is a problem that evolution has solved
numerous times, yet burrowing locomotion is challenging for biomimetic robots. As for every …

This paper investigates the performances shown during underground exploration by a plant
root-inspired soil intruder. Plant roots are efficient soil explorers, moving by growing at their …

In recent years, small celestial bodies (SCBs) exploration missions have attracted extensive
attention. For the purposes of space resource exploitation and earth defense, revealing the …

We develop a new resistive force theory based granular limit surface (RFT-GLS) method to
predict and guide behaviors of forceful ground robots. As a case study, we harness a small …