The study of biomimetic robots and that of animal behaviors are mutually-reinforcing and
inseparable. Animals, through long-term evolutionary processes, have developed innate …

Jum** is a locomotion strategy widely evolved in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In
addition to terrestrial animals, several aquatic animals are also able to jump in their specific …

Origami can enable structures that are compact and lightweight. The facets of an origami
structure in traditional designs, however, are essentially nondeformable rigid plates …

Efficient and effective generation of high-acceleration movement in biology requires a
process to control energy flow and amplify mechanical power from power density–limited …

Research toward small, autonomous, and mobile robots is inspired by both the insects we
see around us and numerous applications, from inspection of jet engines and civil …

A simple-structured, low-cost miniature robot is highly desired for swarm robotics research.
In this article, we designed an underactuated miniature robot using only one motor, named …

Snap-through, a rapid transition of a system from an equilibrium state to a nonadjacent
equilibrium state, is a valuable design element of soft devices for converting a monolithic …

A bioinspired jum** robot has a strong ability to overcome obstacles. It can be applied to
the occasion with complex and changeable environment, such as detection of planet …

Compared with the catapult mechanism widely employed by small jum** robots, recently
proposed jum** strategies based on series-elastic actuators (SEA) without latch …

Wheeled robots exhibit fast and stable motion on a flat road but lack the ability to overcome
the obstacles and rough terrains. To address this shortage, a two-wheel hop** robot is …