Study on the Interaction between Soil and the Five-Claw Combination of a Mole Using the Discrete Element Method by Yuwan Yang, Mo Li, Jin Tong, Yunhai Ma

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Dynamic Balance Gait for Walking Assistance Exoskeleton by Qiming Chen, Hong Cheng, Chunfeng Yue, Rui Huang, Hongliang Guo

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Local Linear Wavelet Neural Network–Based Unscented Kalman Filter for Vehicle Collision Estimate Warning System and Ensuring Stable Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication by Yonas Kebede Lema, Satyasis Mishra, Demissie J. Gelmecha

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Supply–demand price decoupling in European-type day-ahead electricity markets by Anita Varga, Botond Feczkó, Marianna E.-Nagy, Dávid Csercsik

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Double-Chamber Underwater Thruster Diaphragm with Flexible Displacement Detection Function by Chong Cao, Chengchun Zhang, Chun Shen, Yasong Zhang, Wen Cheng, Zhengyang Wu, Luquan Ren

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Optimizing laser parameters and exploring building direction dependence of corrosion behavior in NiTi alloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion by Xiaolong Zhang, Tong Chang, Hongyi Chen, Shupeng Wang, Yanan Yang, Shihui Zhou, Chaozong Liu, Zhihui Zhang

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The Design and Control of a Proprioceptive Modular Actuator for Tendon-Driven Robots by Di Zhao, Xinbo Wang, Fanbo Wei, Lei Ren, Kunyang Wang, Luquan Ren

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A Biomimetic Pose Estimation and Target Perception Strategy for Transmission Line Maintenance UAVs by Haoze Zhuo, Zhong Yang, Chi Zhang, Nuo Xu, Bayang Xue, Zekun Zhu, Yucheng Xie

“…Compared with the existing UAV environmental perception solutions, the bionic target perception algorithm proposed in this article can efficiently extract point and line features from infrared images and realize the target detection and automatic tracking function of small multi-rotor drones in the power line scenario, with low power consumption.…”
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Design Methodology and Application Dynamics of Compact Quasi-Zero Stiffness Isolators by Yingqi Zhu, Qingchao Yang, Shuyong Liu, Kai Chai

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Structural Analysis and Experimental Verification of Climbing Robot for Transmission Tower by Junying Wei, Cong Zhang, Jidai Wang, Feng Zhang

“…Due to lack of temporary falling protection device，the power transmission tower climbing robot is needed to research and developto replace the first climbing personnel to guarantee their safety.According to actual working environment and its functional requirements，a climbing robot model based on bionic silkworm characteristics is proposed in combination with bionic principles.The structure of the robot is designed and the adsorptionstability in the climbing process is analyzed. …”
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Wind Tunnel Experimental Study on the Flight Parameters of a Bio-Inspired Bat-like Flapping-Wing Robot by Bosong Duan, Junlei Liu, Shuai Wang, Zhaoyang Chen, Bingfeng Ju

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Analysis of Hydrostatic Bearing Structure Characteristics of Guide Sleeve of Electro hydraulic Servo Cylinder by SHAO Jun peng, LI Jing bo, SUN Gui tao

“…As a typical bionic foot walking robot, hydraulic quadruped robot has attracted much attention due to its high mobility, strong load capacity and smooth motion The electrohydraulic servo cylinder, as its power actuating element, requires low friction, good resistance to lateral load and high speed motion The research object of this paper is the hydrostatic sealing hydraulic cylinder guide sleeve The oil film characteristics of the rectangular oil cavity and the Ishaped oil cavity of the hydrostatic bearing guide sleeve are analyzed and compared with the FLUENT software The relationship between piston rod movement speed and eccentricity and oil film bearing capacity, friction and leakage is analyzed The relationship between inlet flow rate and oil film bearing capacity, friction force and inlet pressure and leakage volume is analyzed It provides a theoretical basis for optimizing the static pressure bearing seal parameters…”
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NiTi Alloy Quasi-Zero Stiffness Vibration Isolation Structure with Adjustable Mechanical Properties by Qian Wu, Jianxiang Qiao, Xinping Li, Shengsheng Wang, Bingqian Li, Siyang Wu, Zhenguo Wang, Jiangtao Ji

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Structural Design and Needle Deflection Prediction of Body-Mounted Breast Puncture Robot Modeled After a Compass by Wei-Xi Zhang, Zhi-Hui Men, Jia-Xing Yu, Yong-de Zhang, Xiao-Yang Yu

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Sliding Mode Repetitive Control Based on the Unknown Dynamics Estimator of a Two-Stage Supply Pressure Hydraulic Hexapod Robot by Ziqi Liu, Bo Jin, Junkui Dong, Qingyun Yao, Yinglian Jin, Tao Liu, Binrui Wang

“…Hydraulic actuated legged robots display bright prospects and significant research value in areas such as unmanned area surveying, disaster rescue, military fields, and other scenarios owing to their excellent bionic characteristics, particularly their heavy payload capabilities and high power density. …”
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A New Approach to Modeling and Controlling a Pneumatic Muscle Actuator-Driven Setup Using Back Propagation Neural Networks by Jun Zhong, Xu Zhou, Minzhou Luo

“…Pneumatic muscle actuators (PMAs) own excellent compliance and a high power-to-weight ratio and have been widely used in bionic robots and rehabilitated robots. …”
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Effects of Wing Kinematics on Aerodynamics Performance for a Pigeon-Inspired Flapping Wing by Tao Wu, Kai Wang, Qiang Jia, Jie Ding

“…These conclusions are significant for improving the aerodynamic performance of bionic flapping-wing micro air vehicles.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Flapping Airfoil Aerodynamic Characteristics by Junjie Xu, Shizhen Zheng, Ziyu Guo, Jianlong Chang

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Mechanical Assembly of Thermo‐Responsive Polymer‐Based Untethered Shape‐Morphing Structures by Wei Wang

“…A self‐bending unit fabricated by a 3D printing method can be actuated upon heating without the need for tethered power sources and is able to transform from a flat shape to a bending shape. …”
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Advances and Emerging Trends in UAV Sensor Data Fusion Technology by Xiong Liukun, Zheng Ningning

“…The proposed precision-cost-power consumption triangle constraint criterion guides the combination of multispectrum and RTK-GNSS to balance 95% classification accuracy with 10 cm localization error in agricultural monitoring. …”
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