Explore robot control, autonomous systems, drones, actuators, and soft robotics research.
This study uses deep networks to infer Jacobian fields for controlling diverse robots without prior modeling of their structure.
Published 2025.06.25View evidence and readiness →The study demonstrates real-time in situ magnetization reprogramming for soft robotics, enabling dynamic changes in magnetic patterns to achieve different movements and functions.
Published 2025.08.04View evidence and readiness →The study demonstrates that drones can learn agile flight through complex environments using differentiable physics simulations and visual input.
Published 2025.06.16View evidence and readiness →This study introduces a framework that enables robots to learn tool manipulation skills by integrating visual and tactile data from human demonstrations with a Diffusion Policy model.
Published 2026-10-04View evidence and readiness →A robot-mounted telecentric camera system is developed for precise localization of scribe lines and trim-edges on composite parts to enable accurate robotic trimming.
Published 2026-10-03View evidence and readiness →This paper presents a replanning framework for human-robot collaborative tasks that integrates vision-language models with semantic and physical correction mechanisms to improve task execution reliability.
Published 2026-10-01View evidence and readiness →This study presents a flapping-wing robot with a morphing tail and wing control system that balances efficient cruising and maneuvering flight.
Published 2026-09-24View evidence and readiness →RAIBO2, an energy-efficient quadruped robot, completed a marathon with a cost of transport 0.25, lower than the human benchmark of 0.37.
Published 2026-09-23View evidence and readiness →This paper presents an RGB-based robotic grasping system that uses line segment detection and processing to identify fabric corners without depth sensors.
Published 2026-09-22View evidence and readiness →This paper presents a framework for assistive robot manipulation using parameter-efficient prompt tuning and flow matching to improve scene affordance understanding and visuomotor policy learning.
Published 2026-09-22View evidence and readiness →A fully autonomous robotic ultrasound system with AI integration was evaluated for thyroid nodule assessment, showing good agreement with conventional ultrasound in measurements and nodule consistency.
Published 2026-09-22View evidence and readiness →This paper presents a method for identifying predictive virtual sensors to improve nonlinear MPC performance in robotic systems.
Published 2026-09-18View evidence and readiness →This study develops a spiking continuous attractor network integrated with event cameras and a neuromorphic chip to enable real-time robot guidance using sparse visual data.
Published 2026-09-16View evidence and readiness →This study presents a solar-powered remote-controlled robot for precision seed planting, integrating photovoltaic energy systems, electric seed-metering mechanisms, and electronically controlled seed-depth adjustment units to achieve accurate and energy-efficient planting.
Published 2026-09-15View evidence and readiness →This study introduces a semantic-kinematic framework to integrate user emotional expectations into the design of transfer-assist nursing robots.
Published 2026-09-13View evidence and readiness →This study proposes a Transformer-based portfolio optimization model that integrates investor adoption willingness to improve dynamic investment decision-making in volatile markets.
Published 2026-09-13View evidence and readiness →This study examines the uneven adoption of AI and robotics in US hospitals and finds significant access inequality, with 65.8% of the population living within 30 minutes of AI-enabled care, despite a 56% increase in AI-enabled hospitals between 2022 and 2024.
Published 2026-09-12View evidence and readiness →This paper introduces a reinforcement learning-guided multi-objective trajectory planning framework for robotic manipulators that optimizes path length, energy consumption, and execution time while avoiding collisions and respecting kinematic and dynamic constraints.
Published 2026-09-12View evidence and readiness →This study presents the AGVTRI model, which uses vision transformers, graph neural networks, and meta-learning to improve visual teaching and robot interaction in educational settings.
Published 2026-09-11View evidence and readiness →This study presents a computational and experimental pipeline to co-optimize the form and function of centimeter-scale bioactuators in biohybrid robots, improving their range of motion through integrated muscle-scaffold design.
Published 2026-09-11View evidence and readiness →This study presents a high-density FBG tactile sensor array and a self-supervised contrastive learning transformer for estimating tumor depth during robotic palpation.
Published 2026-09-11View evidence and readiness →The study compared robotic and manual MAG welding of S355MC steel using qualification tests, capability estimates, and physics-informed surrogate modelling, finding that robotic welding had fewer defects and more consistent results.
Published 2026-09-11View evidence and readiness →A self-supervised learning model using physical encoding recovers vibration signals from lunar surface images without external sensors.
Published 2026-09-10View evidence and readiness →This study investigates the effect of human-like hip vertical motion on energy efficiency in biped robot walking by comparing gaits with fixed and oscillating hip heights.
Published 2026-09-08View evidence and readiness →An OpenHarmony-based edge-intelligence framework was developed for real-time manufacturing disruption monitoring and resilient response using WS63 controllers, SparkLink SLE, and YOLOv10-N detector.
Published 2026-09-07View evidence and readiness →This study demonstrates a thermopneumatic strategy that uses daily temperature changes to power soft robots autonomously.
Published 2026-09-07View evidence and readiness →This study presents a real-time synchronization architecture for wheeled mobile platforms using a dedicated motion controller and standard Ethernet to ensure precise timing for coordinated multi-wheel motion.
Published 2026-09-03View evidence and readiness →This paper presents a post-training optimization framework that enhances real-time semantic segmentation for weld seam detection in construction without modifying the original network architecture.
Published 2026-09-03View evidence and readiness →This study investigates how task complexity and motion scaling ratios affect human learning during teleoperation of surgical robots, showing similar learning patterns between humans and a control theory model.
Published 2026-09-02View evidence and readiness →ICRA 2026 highlighted the importance of designing future robotic systems with energy efficiency, material responsibility, and sustainable lifecycles.
Published 2026-09-01View evidence and readiness →This paper presents an electromechanical position control system using a microcontroller for automatic position adjustment, with a proportional controller on an Arduino platform and performance evaluation through simulations.
Published 2026-09-01View evidence and readiness →A low-cost vision-based robotic manipulation system is developed for smart IIoT production lines using edge-aware perception and calibration-aware localization.
Published 2026-08-31View evidence and readiness →SIGN-AIR is a real-time sign language recognition and translation system that uses a drone-mounted camera with edge computing and a hybrid CNN–BiLSTM architecture to model both spatial and temporal characteristics of American Sign Language gestures.
Published 2026-08-30View evidence and readiness →A digital twin-enabled simulation-optimization framework was developed to improve material transportation between assembly and testing stations using Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs).
Published 2026-08-29View evidence and readiness →This paper presents the design, implementation, and flight testing of a stability augmentation system for a coaxial ultralight rotorcraft using electromechanical inline actuators without hydraulic force amplification.
Published 2026-08-28View evidence and readiness →This study presents TriHex, a minimalist robotic unit that can change shape between triangular and hexagonal forms using single-motor actuation, enabling diverse collective behaviors through system configuration and shape-shifting phase control.
Published 2026-08-27View evidence and readiness →This study presents a LiDAR-based navigation system for spiral-driven grain silo robots that uses Gmapping, a distance-weighted heuristic, and an enhanced D*lite algorithm to achieve high success rates in complex environments.
Published 2026-08-27View evidence and readiness →This paper presents a trajectory optimization-based method for safe and efficient shutdown of space manipulators with free-swinging joint failures.
Published 2026-08-26View evidence and readiness →This paper proposes a mechano-electrical synergistic control strategy using gyroscopic feedforward and model predictive control with disturbance observer (MPC-DOB) to improve trajectory tracking accuracy of a live-line working robot under uncertain conditions.
Published 2026-08-24View evidence and readiness →A soft wearable exosuit with pneumatic actuation and inertial sensing improves upper limb function in adults with chronic traumatic brachial plexus injury by providing multi-joint shoulder and elbow assistance.
Published 2026-08-24View evidence and readiness →This study develops a hummingbird-inspired robot with synchronized flapping wings using closed-loop control systems to enhance lift generation.
Published 2026-08-24View evidence and readiness →Wang et al. develop efficient representations for robot-environment interactions that enable generalization across different robotic hand models and adaptability in cluttered grasping scenarios.
Published 2026-08-12View evidence and readiness →Johnson et al. present an autonomous three-bar tensegrity robot that demonstrates robust locomotion and impact resistance.
Published 2026-08-10View evidence and readiness →