Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm
January 2025
This paper endeavours to bridge the existing gap in muscular actuator design for ligament-skeletal-inspired robots, thereby fostering the evolution of these robotic systems. We introduce two novel compliant...
Cellulose aerogels in water pollution treatment: Preparation, applications and mechanism
July 2025
Water pollution remains one of the most pressing global challenges, driving an urgent need for advanced sustainable treatment materials. Derived from cellulose, the most abundant natural polymer on...
Additive manufacturing of bionic interfaces: From conceptual understanding to renewable energy applications
January 2025
Bionic interfaces exhibit multiscale features with various functions that reduce energy consumption and produce renewable resources to support life, triggering them an emerging area of technological...
Bio-inspired wet/lubricious/adhesive soft matter and performance control in-between
January 2025
Nature evolves soft but structural architectures with typical wet/lubricous/adhesive behavior, as well as tunable interface functionalities, such as superhydrophilicity, superhydrophobic, superlubricity,...
Addressing bacterial threats in a post-antibiotic era: Bioinspired strategies for antibacterial surface design
July 2025
The advent of antibiotics revolutionized the management of bacterial infections, yet their clinical efficacy is catastrophically undermined by the global emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)....
Metal ions dependent material density and mechanical properties of the chela spines in the scorpion Androctonus bicolor
January 2025
Scorpions are distributed almost all over the world and inhabit rainforests, deserts, mountains, and littoral zones. Their multifunctional chelae play a key role in their biology. The chela is the pincer...
Sundoli: A necro(w)bot with multi-stiffness joints built using geared mechanical metastructures
July 2025
In this communication, we design and analyse Sundoli, a necrobot (a bionically engineered robot using decreased animal parts). Sundoli is manufactured using a crow endoskeleton, supported and rearticulated...
High-performance mechanical sensors inspired by the slit perception structure of biological receptors
July 2025
The combination of flexible sensors and bionic innovative design has become an important direction for the development of intelligent sensing technology. To this end, this paper systematically describes...