The fascinating flight traits of butterflies, such as low wing loading, low flapping frequency, and the ability for long-distance flight, have intrigued scientists and engineers. To study these m ... Read More

We developed actuators that can be invaginated, combining a vacuum-pressure drive with a folding structure with durable creases, which were optimized by our proposed method. In this paper, we pro ... Read More

One possible design approach for bio-inspired robots is to employ structures that facilitate their shape estimation to enable control that mimics the animal’s locomotion. We propose a discrete ... Read More

The aim of this study is to develop a novel soft exosuit called inflatable assist clothing (InAC) with lightweight and flexible inflatable actuators (IfAs) and to propose a voluntary control meth ... Read More

Inspired by the water-repellent and self-cleaning properties of the lotus leaf in the natural world, artificial superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted extensive interest in academia and industr ... Read More