Research on Embedded Biomimetic Robotics

In this paper,we study a STM32F4 as the core of the bionic design and implementation of embedded mobile robot. Bionic robot based on color sensor TCS3200 contacts surface color data sending instructions,by the PWM wave to control the robot body tricolor LED color to achieve the surrounding color. Proven by a lot of experimental data,the bionic robot designed in this paper possesses the advantages of high stability and high accuracy,and bionic robot has completely independent behavior.     

机器人学的发展趋势和发展战略

全面分析和归纳了当前机器人学的发展趋势 ,提出发展我国机器人技术的战略思考 ,对于制定 2 1世纪我国机器人学发展对策具有借鉴作用。     

机器人让肉食品包装如虎添翼

自从德国Unilever肉食品工厂安装了一组四包装机器人以后，得到的两大好处就是快速变换的多功能性和生产能力的突飞猛进。[编者按]     

基于遇障速度法足球机器人的路径规划

提出了机器人在动态环境下的路径规划方法。这种方法基于机器人运动速度信息制定的避障策略。通过遇障速度的几何变换产生可达避障速度，从而确定运动路径上潜在的障碍物。同时，还推导了机器人路径搜索树网格算法。足球机器人仿真比赛表明，这种方法适用于动态和静态障碍物的避障。     

Robotics and its role in helping disabled people

Robotic technology promises considerable help to people with severe physical disability. The realisation of practical solutions to keep the promise has been slow. A number of systems, including wheelchair-mounted manipulators and vocational workstations, are now under active development and close to market. One area in which a robotic solution is achieving some success is the Handy 1 automated eating aid, which was awarded the IEE Disability Prize in 1992. This article is based on a colloquium organized to accompany the award of the prize     

Soft Actuators for Small‐Scale Robotics

This review comprises a detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators, highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐ to centimeter‐scale robotic applications. Soft robots present a special design challenge in that their actuation and sensing mechanisms are often highly integrated with the robot body and overall functionality. When less than a centimeter, they belong to an even more special subcategory of robots or devices, in that they often lack on‐board power, sensing, computation, and control. Soft, active materials are particularly well suited for this task, with a wide range of stimulants and a number of impressive examples, demonstrating large deformations, high motion complexities, and varied multifunctionality. Recent research includes both the development of new materials and composites, as well as novel implementations leveraging the unique properties of soft materials.     

2012年机器人发展趋势TOP5

2012年的机器人发展趋势TOP5将会提升批量制造、实现机器人与机器视觉和自动化系统的深度集成。虽然下方提及的5个应用来自于不同的领域，但是他们之间的发展是密切相关的，它们都关注着机器人的设计和它们工作领域的系统设计。     

Living Materials Herald a New Era in Soft Robotics

Living beings have an unsurpassed range of ways to manipulate objects and interact with them. They can make autonomous decisions and can heal themselves. So far, a conventional robot cannot mimic this complexity even remotely. Classical robots are often used to help with lifting and gripping and thus to alleviate the effects of menial tasks. Sensors can render robots responsive, and artificial intelligence aims at enabling autonomous responses. Inanimate soft robots are a step in this direction, but it will only be in combination with living systems that full complexity will be achievable. The field of biohybrid soft robotics provides entirely new concepts to address current challenges, for example the ability to self‐heal, enable a soft touch, or to show situational versatility. Therefore, “living materials” are at the heart of this review. Similarly to biological taxonomy, there is a recent effort for taxonomy of biohybrid soft robotics. Here, an expansion is proposed to take into account not only function and origin of biohybrid soft robotic components, but also the materials. This materials taxonomy key demonstrates visually that materials science will drive the development of the field of soft biohybrid robotics.     

Flexible Neuromorphic Electronics for Computing,Soft Robotics,and Neuroprosthetics

Flexible neuromorphic electronics that emulate biological neuronal systems constitute a promising candidate for next-generation wearable computing, soft robotics, and neuroprosthetics. For realization, with the achievement of simple synaptic behaviors in a single device, the construction of artificial synapses with various functions of sensing and responding and integrated systems to mimic complicated computing, sensing, and responding in biological systems is a prerequisite. Artificial synapses that have learning ability can perceive and react to events in the real world; these abilities expand the neuromorphic applications toward health monitoring and cybernetic devices in the future Internet of Things. To demonstrate the flexible neuromorphic systems successfully, it is essential to develop artificial synapses and nerves replicating the functionalities of the biological counterparts and satisfying the requirements for constructing the elements and the integrated systems such as flexibility, low power consumption, high-density integration, and biocompatibility. Here, the progress of flexible neuromorphic electronics is addressed, from basic backgrounds including synaptic characteristics, device structures, and mechanisms of artificial synapses and nerves, to applications for computing, soft robotics, and neuroprosthetics. Finally, future research directions toward wearable artificial neuromorphic systems are suggested for this emerging area.     

DARPA Robotics Grand Challenge Participation and Ski-Type Gait for Rough-Terrain Walking

In this paper, we briefly introduce the history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) Grand Challenge programs with particular focus on the 2012 Robotics Challenge. As members of team DRC-HUBO, we propose different approaches for the Rough-Terrain task, such as enlarged foot pedals and a transformation into quadruped walking. We also introduce a new gait for humanoid robot locomotion to improve stability performance, called the Ski-Type gait. We analyze the stability performance of this gait and use the stability margin to choose between two candidate step sequences, Crawl-1 and Crawl-2. Next, we perform a force/torque analysis for the redundant closedchain system in the Ski-Type gait, and determine the joint torques by minimizing the total energy consumption. Based on the stability and force/torque analysis, we design a cane length to support a feasible and stable Crawl-2 gait on the HUBO2 humanoid robot platform. Finally, we compare our experimental results with biped walking to validate the SkiType gait. We also present our team performance in the trials of the Robotics Challenge.