Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a
wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human …

One of the ambitions of Science Robotics is to deeply root robotics research in science while
developing novel robotic platforms that will enable new scientific discoveries. Of our 10 …

Robot designs can take many inspirations from nature, where there are many examples of
highly resilient and fault-tolerant locomotion strategies to navigate complex terrains by …

This paper studies the trajectory tracking problem of flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles
(FWMAVs) in the longitudinal plane. First of all, the kinematics and dynamics of the FWMAV …

The use of aerial swarms to solve real-world problems has been increasing steadily,
accompanied by falling prices and improving performance of communication, sensing, and …

Numerous mobile robots in various forms specialize in either ground or aerial locomotion,
whereas very few robots can perform complex locomotion tasks beyond simple walking and …

A boundary control approach is used to control a two-link rigid-flexible wing in this article. Its
design is based on the principle of bionics to improve the mobility and the flexibility of …

Almost all flying creatures, from centimeter-scale insects to meter-scale birds, maneuver
through flapping-wing propulsion. Development of flapping-wing robots capable of long …

Insects are among the most agile natural flyers. Hypotheses on their flight control cannot
always be validated by experiments with animals or tethered robots. To this end, we …

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