Control aspects of shape memory alloys in robotics applications: a review over the last decade

DJS Ruth, JW Sohn, K Dhanalakshmi, SB Choi - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper mainly focuses on various types of robots driven or actuated by shape memory
alloy (SMA) element in the last decade which has created the potential functionality of SMA …

Kinematic synthesis and mechanism design of a six-bar jumping leg for elastic energy storage and release based on dead points

Q Du, J Fan, T Xu, X Cui, J Liao, W Xu, Y Zhu… - Mechanism and Machine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Small jumping robots widely adopt complex catapult mechanisms. This paper presents a
novel jumping strategy using dead point instead of traditional catapult mechanisms …

Design of the jump mechanism for a biomimetic robotic frog

J Fan, Q Du, Z Dong, J Zhao, T Xu - Biomimetics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Frogs are vertebrate amphibians with both efficient swimming and jumping abilities due to
their well-developed hind legs. They can jump over obstacles that are many or even tens of …

Research status and development trend of frog-inspired robots

S Wang, J Fan, G Liu - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
The frog-inspired robots with amphibious locomotion ability have greatest application
prospects and practical value in the fields of resource exploration and environmental …

A small locust inspired actuator driven by shape memory alloys and piezoelectric strips

T Mao, H Peng, X Lu, C Zhao - Smart Materials and Structures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to realize walking and obstacle crossing in a complex terrain, a small locust inspired
soft actuator is designed and manufactured. Its appearance size and mass are 80 mm× 40 …

Towards Collision Detection, Localization and Force Estimation for a Soft Cable-driven Robot Manipulator

Y Wang, H Wang, F Xu, J Yu, W Chen… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robots have been applied widely to various constrained scenarios due to the
advantages over traditional rigid manipulators such as softness, deformability and …