Soft robotic gripper systems that can safely and nondestructively collect biological and artifact samples and perform deep-sea manipulation tasks are essential for deep-sea science and engineering applications. In this article, we implement a soft robotic gripper composed of nitinol-embedded soft fingers and an in situ wearable mechanism, which allows the soft gripper to be put … [Read more...] about A Nitinol-Embedded Wearable Soft Robotic Gripper for Deep-Sea Manipulation: A Wearable Device for Deep-Sea Delicate Operation
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Recent Developments of Subsurface Small-Leak Detection Techniques in Water Distribution Networks: A Review
The urban population grappling with water scarcity is projected to reach two billion people by 2050. Therefore, mitigating leaks in the water distribution networks (WDNs) becomes crucial for better future water security. This review article summarizes the present detection capabilities concerning small leaks (less than 1 L/s). The scope of the review encompasses experiments and … [Read more...] about Recent Developments of Subsurface Small-Leak Detection Techniques in Water Distribution Networks: A Review
RoboTwin: A Platform to Study Hydrodynamic Interactions in Schooling Fish
By living and moving in groups, fish can gain many benefits, such as heightened predator detection, greater hunting efficiency, more accurate environmental sensing, and energy saving. Although the benefits of hydrodynamic interactions in schooling fish have drawn growing interest in fields such as biology, physics, and engineering, and multiple hypotheses for how such benefits … [Read more...] about RoboTwin: A Platform to Study Hydrodynamic Interactions in Schooling Fish
Bionic Underwater Vehicle: A Data-Driven Disturbance Rejection Control Framework
Disturbances caused by unknown dynamics and environmental factors render the automatic control of underwater vehicles extremely challenging. These effects are complex, time varying, and difficult to model accurately, leading to possible instability in the control process. This article focuses on the disturbance rejection problem of an underactuated bionic underwater vehicle … [Read more...] about Bionic Underwater Vehicle: A Data-Driven Disturbance Rejection Control Framework
WaterFormer: A Global–Local Transformer for Underwater Image Enhancement With Environment Adaptor
Underwater image enhancement (UIE) is crucial for high-level vision in underwater robotics. While convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have made significant achievements in UIE, the locality of convolution poses a challenge in capturing the global context. In contrast, transformer-based networks, adept at handling long-range dependencies, have shown promise in various vision … [Read more...] about WaterFormer: A Global–Local Transformer for Underwater Image Enhancement With Environment Adaptor