D-RMGPT: Robot-assisted collaborative tasks driven by large multimodal models
December 2026
Collaborative robots are increasingly popular for assisting humans at work and daily tasks. However, designing and setting up interfaces for human–robot collaboration is challenging, requiring the integration...
Impact of the pectoral fin geometry on the gliding performance of flying fish robot
September 2026
Flying fish, as a quintessential cross-medium species, are well known for their exceptional underwater swimming and water–air transition capabilities. However, their aerial gliding kinematics — particularly...
Optimization-based shape design of soft-rigid hybrid fingers for adaptive parallel robotic gripper
September 2026
Parallel robotic gripper is an efficient tool for grasping and manipulating objects in industrial applications. In recent years, to enable adaptive grasping of objects with complex shapes, many parallel...
Underwater ecological assessment via intelligent monitoring robot based on semi-supervised semantic segmentation
September 2026
Efficient and accurate underwater target recognition is crucial for assessing the stability of marine ecosystems. However, traditional manual diving surveys are costly, time-consuming and limited in...
Super minimally invasive surgical robot (SMIS-Robot): Interdisciplinary integration paves the way for a new era of scarless surgery
September 2026
As super minimally invasive surgery (SMIS) evolves in clinical practice, interdisciplinary integration has emerged as the driving force behind its advancement. The natural orifice flexible endoscopic...
GraspLite-Net: A lightweight deep learning method for real-time robotic grasp stability prediction
September 2026
With the rapid advancement of tactile sensing technologies, real-time prediction of robotic grasp stability has become increasingly critical for ensuring safe and reliable operation in automated industrial...
A comprehensive review of multi-dimensional connection interfaces for the on-orbit assembly of space architectures
September 2026
The demand for large-scale space infrastructures, such as solar power stations and ultra-large telescopes, is growing rapidly. Consequently, on-orbit assembly has emerged as a critical pathway to overcome...
HAPNet: Toward superior RGB-thermal scene parsing via hybrid, asymmetric, and progressive heterogeneous feature fusion
September 2026
Data-fusion networks have shown significant promise for RGB-thermal scene parsing. However, the majority of existing studies have relied on symmetric duplex encoders for heterogeneous feature extraction...
Human–robot collaborative navigation: An interactive information entropy minimization framework for mobile social robots
September 2026
The seamless integration of mobile robots into daily life hinges on addressing the challenge of human–robot interaction within dynamic environments. Existing research has extensively explored the harmonious...
Quad-wing FWMAV with thrust vector yaw steering
September 2026
Flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles (FWMAVs) offer compelling advantages for navigating confined and cluttered environments due to their low weight, agility, and bioinspired locomotion. This study introduces...
Learning from Yangtze alligators: A framework for agile and ecologically interactive spine-legged robots
September 2026
A central challenge in bio-robotics is to create machines that can integrate into and illuminate natural ecosystems. The Chinese Yangtze Alligator – a critically endangered species exhibiting exceptionally...
FineSegNeRF: Semantic NeRF for fine semantic segmentation
September 2026
Semantic segmentation is a crucial technology for intelligent vehicles, enabling robust scene understanding in complex driving environments. However, existing methods often struggle with small, distant,...
Safe expeditious whole-body control of mobile manipulators for collision avoidance
September 2026
Whole-body reactive obstacle avoidance for mobile manipulators (MM) remains an open research problem. Control Barrier Functions (CBF), combined with Quadratic Programming (QP), have become a popular...
LARR: A Leg-Arm Reuse Robot for cost-effective mobility and manipulation
Available online 27 August 2026
Humanoid robots advance embodied intelligence but require over 20 degrees of freedom (DoFs), leading to high complexity and cost. This paper presents the Leg-Arm Reuse Robot (LARR), which adopts a novel...
CG-MARL: Human-in-the-loop cognition-guided credit assignment for distributed multi-agent reinforcement learning
Available online 18 August 2026
Credit assignment remains a key challenge in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), as existing methods infer agent contributions indirectly from global rewards through restrictive structural...
A gear-linkage quaternion joint based cable-driven serpentine manipulator: Structural design, kinematics, and motion planning
Available online 17 August 2026
Cable-driven serpentine manipulators exhibit significant potential for confined-space operations owing to their slender structure and dexterous motion capability. However, their practical application...
Human-in-the-Loop Reinforcement Learning for a Low-Cost Soft Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand
Available online 10 August 2026
Approximately 65 million people live with some form of amputation, of which 38.7% involve the upper limb, with higher incidence in developing countries. This situation highlights the need for affordable...
Development of a piezoelectric ultrasonic actuating tripod robot inspired by swinging movement of jellyfish
Available online 7 August 2026
Miniature piezoelectric robots exhibit the characteristics of high displacement resolution, flexible structure, and absence of electromagnetic interference. They have been applied in various fields...
From geometry to intention: A survey of Head Pose Estimation for HCI and HRI systems
Available online 5 August 2026
Head Pose Estimation (HPE) has evolved from model-based geometric fitting toward robust deep learning approaches capable of real-time inference in unconstrained environments. However, improvements in...
A quasi-passive lockable shoulder exoskeleton with load adaptability for assisting both static and dynamic tasks
Available online 16 July 2026
Passive shoulder exoskeletons are widely adopted to mitigate musculoskeletal injuries. However, conventional passive shoulder exoskeletons suffer from limited spring stiffness and insufficient assistive...
Learning what you hold: A personalized object registration and recognition framework via handheld interaction
Available online 4 July 2026
Personalized object recognition is a critical capability for home service robots to understand and execute user-specific requests within idiosyncratic domestic environments. However, existing approaches...
Validation of a thoraco-abdominal motion phantom for robotic surgery’s respiration tracking study
June 2026
Respiratory motion, as a dominant biological factor, imposes two primary challenges in radiotherapy: firstly, ensuring accurate spatial targeting of the tumor volume, and secondly, constraining radiation...
Design and validation of a quasi-passive knee exoskeleton with clutched elastic actuators for human walking assistance
June 2026
Human legs exhibit spring-like behavior during the walking stance phase, motivating the development of lightweight passive lower extremity exoskeletons with elastic energy storage. While such designs...
MOSformer: Momentum encoder-based inter-slice fusion transformer for medical image segmentation
June 2026
Medical image segmentation takes an important position in various clinical applications. 2.5D-based segmentation models bridge the computational efficiency of 2D-based models with the spatial perception...
Coupled dynamic modeling, identification and experimental validation of a hydraulically driven soft robotic arm
June 2026
Unlocking the high-performance potential of Hydraulically-Driven Soft Robotic Arms (HDSRAs) requires computationally tractable dynamic models that are both physically faithful and rigorously validated,...
