Intelligence of physical agents, such as human-made (eg, robots, autonomous cars) and
biological (eg, animals, plants) ones, is not only enabled by their computational intelligence …

Soft robotics aims at creating systems with improved performance of movement and
adaptability in unknown, challenging, environments and with higher level of safety during …

Sensing of the terrain shape is crucial for legged robots deployed in the real world since the
knowledge of the local terrain inclination at the contact points allows for an optimized force …

Rock‐climbing robots have significant potential in fieldwork and planetary exploration.
However, they currently face limitations such as a lack of stability and adaptability on …

Robotic exploration in natural environments requires adaptable, resilient, and stable
interactions with uncertain terrains. Most state-of-the-art legged robots utilize flat or ball feet …

Vision-based human activity recognition (HAR) plays a significant role in various practical
demands. Recently, different solutions have been proposed and their performance is …

While the nervous system can coordinate muscles' activation to shape the mechanical
interaction with the environment, it is unclear if and how the arm's coactivation influences …

This work proposes an extended-state-based nonsingular terminal sliding mode control
(ESMC) strategy for environment interactive robotic systems to achieve force-sensorless …

Humans possess a remarkable ability to react to unpredictable perturbations through
immediate mechanical responses, which harness the visco-elastic properties of muscles to …

Although the evolution of mammalian feet has been extensively studied, the development of
robotic feet has been slow. However, as legged robots developed, the development of …