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  2. In the first step, a 1-DOF power-assist robotic system (PARS) is developed for lifting lightweight objects. Dynamics for human–robot co-manipulation of objects is derived that considers human cognition (weight...

    Authors: S. M. Mizanoor Rahman and Ryojun Ikeura

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2018 5:7

    Content type: Research

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  3. In this paper; three control approaches are utilized in order to control the stability of a novel five-degrees-of-freedom two-wheeled robotic machine designed for industrial applications that demand a limited-...

    Authors: K. M. Goher and S. O. Fadlallah

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2018 5:6

    Content type: Research

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  9. Nuclear energy is one of the most important clean energy on earth presently. The steam generator secondary side is the key device of nuclear power station. As an important branch of special robot, nuclear robo...

    Authors: Jinke Li, Xinyu Wu, Tiantian Xu, Huiwen Guo, Jianquan Sun and Qingshi Gao

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:26

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  10. This paper proposes a novel cluster-tube self-adaptive robot hand (CTSA Hand). The CTSA Hand consists of a base, a motor, a transmission mechanism, multiple elastic tendons, and a group of sliding-tube assembl...

    Authors: Hong Fu, Haokun Yang, Weishu Song and Wenzeng Zhang

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:25

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  13. Route bundling implies compounding multiple routes in a way that anchoring points at intermediate locations minimize a global distance metric to obtain a tree-like structure where the roots of the tree (anchor...

    Authors: Victor Parque, Satoshi Miura and Tomoyuki Miyashita

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:22

    Content type: Research

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  16. The population of ageing is growing significantly over the world, and there is an emerging demand for better healthcare services and more care centres. Innovations of Information and Communication Technology h...

    Authors: Nazanin Mansouri, Khaled Goher and Seyed Ebrahim Hosseini

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:19

    Content type: Review

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  17. For track-based robots, an important aspect is the suppression design, which determines the trafficability and comfort of the whole system. The trafficability limits the robot’s working capability, and the rid...

    Authors: Bo Sun and Xingjian Jing

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:18

    Content type: Research

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  19. This paper develops and experimentally validates a 3D-printed snake robot prototype. Its structure is designed to allocate limited room for each functional module (including an external power module, battery p...

    Authors: Weixin Yang, Alexandr Bajenov and Yantao Shen

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:16

    Content type: Research

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  20. In this research, a pruning mechanism for aerial pruning tasks is tested in a real environment. Since the final goal of the aerial pruning robot will be to prune tree branches close to power lines, some experi...

    Authors: Javier Molina and Shinichi Hirai

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:15

    Content type: Research

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  21. This paper explores the dynamics of separable coupled rigid body systems, a special class of constrained rigid body systems. These are defined as two systems that interact with each other by forces of contact,...

    Authors: Kinda Khalaf, Dongming Gan and Hooshang Hemami

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:14

    Content type: Research

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  23. This paper presents a feasibility study of a brain–machine interface system to assist repetitive facilitation exercise. Repetitive facilitation exercise is an effective rehabilitation method for patients with ...

    Authors: Satoshi Miura, Junichi Takazawa, Yo Kobayashi and Masakatsu G. Fujie

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:12

    Content type: Research

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  25. Automating the lunch box packaging is a challenging task due to the high deformability and large individual differences in shape and physical property of food materials. Soft robotic grippers showed potentials...

    Authors: Zhongkui Wang, Mingzhu Zhu, Sadao Kawamura and Shinichi Hirai

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:10

    Content type: Research

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  26. In this paper, a framework for analyzing the motion resulting from the interaction between a snake robot and an object is shown. Metrics are derived to study the motion of the object and robot, showing that th...

    Authors: Fabian Reyes and Shugen Ma

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:9

    Content type: Research

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  28. Accurate control and precise positioning of opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble microrobots are necessary for micromanipulation. In addition, micromanipulation using the simultaneous actuation of multip...

    Authors: M. Arifur Rahman, Noboru Takahashi, Kawai F. Siliga, Nigel K. Ng, Zhidong Wang and Aaron T. Ohta

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:7

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  31. The development of a robotic-driven maintenance solution capable of automatically maintaining reconfigurable vibrating screen (RVS) machine when utilized in dangerous and hazardous underground mining environme...

    Authors: O. A. Makinde, K. Mpofu, R. Vrabic and B. I. Ramatsetse

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:4

    Content type: Research

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  32. This paper presents the implementation of the hybrid spiral-dynamic bacteria-chemotaxis (HSDBC) approach to control two different configurations of a two-wheeled vehicle. The HSDBC is a combination of bacteri...

    Authors: K. M. Goher, A. M. Almeshal, S. A. Agouri, A. N. K. Nasir, M. O. Tokhi, M. R. Alenezi, T. Al Zanki and S. O. Fadlallah

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:3

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  33. This paper explores ways of combining vision and touch for the purpose of object recognition. In particular, it focuses on scenarios when there are few tactile training samples (as these are usually costly to ...

    Authors: Tadeo Corradi, Peter Hall and Pejman Iravani

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2017 4:2

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  36. To data, outside of the controlled environments, robots normally perform manipulation tasks operating with human. This pattern requires the robot operators with high technical skills training for varied teach...

    Authors: Hao Deng, Zeyang Xia, Shaokui Weng, Yangzhou Gan, Peng Fang and Jing Xiong

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:23

    Content type: Research

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  37. Soft sensors are required to accommodate the flexible and deformable natures of the human body in wearable device applications. They are also suitable for integration with soft robotic devices to monitor the p...

    Authors: Zhong Shen, Juan Yi, Xiaodong Li, Mark Hin Pei Lo, Michael Z. Q. Chen, Yong Hu and Zheng Wang

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:22

    Content type: Research

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  38. Robots are developing in much the same way that personal computers did 40 years ago, and robot operating system is the critical basis. Current robot software is mainly designed for individual robots. We prese...

    Authors: Xuejun Yang, Huadong Dai, Xiaodong Yi, Yanzhen Wang, Shaowu Yang, Bo Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Yun Zhou and Xuefeng Peng

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:21

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  39. For determining whether kidnapping has happened and which type of kidnapping it is while a robot performs autonomous tasks in an unknown environment, a double guarantee kidnapping detection (DGKD) method has b...

    Authors: Yang Tian and Shugen Ma

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:20

    Content type: Research

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  40. Robots play more important roles in daily life and bring us a lot of convenience. But when people work with robots, there remain some significant differences in human–human interactions and human–robot interac...

    Authors: Zhongliang Jiang, Yu Sun, Peng Gao, Ying Hu and Jianwei Zhang

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:19

    Content type: Research

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  41. This paper presents an integrated assembly and motion planning system to recursively find the assembly sequence and motions to assemble two objects with the help of a horizontal surface as the supporting fixtu...

    Authors: Weiwei Wan and Kensuke Harada

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:18

    Content type: Research

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  43. A space manipulator plays an important role in spacecraft capturing, repairing, maintenance, and so on. However, the harsh space environment will cause its joints fail to work. For a non-redundant manipulator...

    Authors: Zonggao Mu, Liang Han, Wenfu Xu, Bing Li and Bin Liang

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:16

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  45. This article concentrates on open-source implementation on flying object detection in cluttered scenes. It is of significance for ground stereo-aided autonomous landing of unmanned aerial vehicles. The ground ...

    Authors: Tianjiang Hu, Boxin Zhao, Dengqing Tang, Daibing Zhang, Weiwei Kong and Lincheng Shen

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:14

    Content type: Research

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  47. This paper aims to develop a local path planning algorithm for a bio-inspired, reconfigurable crawling robot. A detailed description of the robotic platform is first provided, and the suitability for deploymen...

    Authors: Akshay Rao, Mohan Rajesh Elara and Karthikeyan Elangovan

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:12

    Content type: Research

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  48. Pipe robots can perform inspection tasks to alleviate the damage caused by the pipe problems. Usually, the pipe robots carry batteries or use a power cable draining power from a vehicle that has many equipment...

    Authors: Peng Li, Shugen Ma, Congyi Lyu, Xin Jiang and Yunhui Liu

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:11

    Content type: Research

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  49. This paper studies passivity-based trajectory tracking control of an omnidirectional mobile robot. The proposed control design is simple to be implemented in practice, because of an effective exploitation of ...

    Authors: Chao Ren, Yi Sun and Shugen Ma

    Citation: Robotics and Biomimetics 2016 3:10

    Content type: Research

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