Proof of concept

Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of soft, untethered robots

Tian Chen, Osama R. Bilal, Kristina Shea, Chiara Daraio

Citations: 416 • 2018

An Origami-Inspired Approach to Worm Robots

Çağdaş D. Önal, R. J. Wood, Daniela Rus

Citations: 364 • 2012

An Autonomous Multi-UAV System for Search and Rescue

Jürgen Scherer, Saeed Yahyanejad, Samira Hayat, Evşen Yanmaz, Torsten Andre, Asif Khan, Vladimir Vukadinović, Christian Bettstetter, Hermann Hellwagner, Bernhard Rinner

Citations: 309 • 2015

Bubble casting soft robotics

Trevor J. Jones, Etienne Jambon-Puillet, Joël Marthelot, P.‐T. Brun

Citations: 277 • 2021

Robot-proof: higher education in the age of artificial intelligence

Patrick Camilleri

Citations: 234 • 2018

Highly articulated robotic probe for minimally invasive surgery

Amir Degani, Howie Choset

Citations: 218 • 2006

Making Things by Self-Assembly

Mila Boncheva, George M. Whitesides

Citations: 175 • 2005

Roombots: A hardware perspective on 3D self-reconfiguration and locomotion with a homogeneous modular robot

Rico Moeckel, Massimo Vespignani, Stéphane Bonardi, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Citations: 118 • 2013

A Highly Articulated Robotic Surgical System for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Takeyoshi Ota, Amir Degani, David Schwartzman, Brett Zubiate, Jeremy R. McGarvey, Howie Choset, Marco A. Zenati

Citations: 115 • 2009

Design and development of a soft robotic gripper for manipulation in minimally invasive surgery: a proof of concept

Giovanni Rateni, Matteo Cianchetti, Gastone Ciuti, Arianna Menciassi, Cecilia Laschi

Citations: 95 • 2015

Transperineal Prostate Intervention: Robot for Fully Automated MR Imaging—System Description and Proof of Principle in a Canine Model

Michael Müntener, Alexandru Patriciu, Doru Petrisor, Michael Schär, Daniel C. Ursu, Danny Y. Song, Dan Stoianovici

Citations: 91 • 2008

Optical Micro/Nano Fibers Enabled Smart Textiles for Human–Machine Interface

Shuqi Ma, Xiaoyu Wang, Pan Li, Ni Yao, Jianliang Xiao, Haitao Liu, Zhang Zhang, Longteng Yu, Guangming Tao, Xiong Li, Limin Tong, Lei Zhang

Citations: 82 • 2022

Mini and Micro Propulsion for Medical Swimmers

Jianfeng, Sung June Cho

Citations: 82 • 2014

Self-assembly strategies in a group of autonomous mobile robots

Rehan O’Grady, Roderich Groß, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Marco Dorigo

Citations: 63 • 2010

A new lower limb portable exoskeleton for gait assistance in neurological patients: a proof of concept study

G. Puyuelo-Quintana, Roberto Cano‐de‐la‐Cuerda, Alberto Plaza, E. Garces-Castellote, Daniel Sanz‐Merodio, A. Goñi-Arana, Juan Ignacio Marín‐Ojea, Elena García

Citations: 59 • 2020

Biofeedback effect of hybrid assistive limb in stroke rehabilitation: A proof of concept study using functional near infrared spectroscopy

Kazuya Saita, Takashi Morishita, Hisatomi Arima, Koichi Hyakutake, Toshiyasu Ogata, Kenji Yagi, Etsuji Shiota, Tooru Inoue

Citations: 59 • 2018

Real-World Evolution of Robot Morphologies: A Proof of Concept

Milan Jelisavcic, Matteo De Carlo, Elte Hupkes, Panagiotis Eustratiadis, Jakub Orłowski, Evert Haasdijk, Joshua E. Auerbach, A. E. Eiben

Citations: 58 • 2017

Multirobot inspection of industrial machinery

Nikolaus Correll, Alcherio Martinoli

Citations: 57 • 2009

Development and Experimental Validation of Aerial Vehicle With Passive Rotating Shell on Each Rotor

Kenjiro Tadakuma, Yoshito Okada, Yusuke Sakai, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshı Tadokoro

Citations: 54 • 2019

Foldable and self-deployable pocket sized quadrotor

Stefano Mintchev, Ludovic Daler, G. L'Eplattenier, L. Saint-Raymond, Dario Floreano

Citations: 54 • 2015