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25 March 2020
Vol 5, Issue 40
Vol 5, Issue 40
Editorial
- Combating COVID-19—The role of robotics in managing public health and infectious diseases
COVID-19 may drive sustained research in robotics to address risks of infectious diseases.
Research Articles
- Improving the energy economy of human running with powered and unpowered ankle exoskeleton assistance
Optimized assistance from powered ankle exoskeletons reduces energy cost during running, whereas spring-like assistance is ineffective.
- Dynamic obstacle avoidance for quadrotors with event cameras
Micro-aerial vehicles dodge fast-moving objects using only onboard sensing and computation.
- An untethered isoperimetric soft robot
A large-scale, isoperimetric, untethered, soft robot changes shape by manipulating constant-length inflated tubes using movable joints.
About The Cover
ONLINE COVER Can't Touch This. To dodge, you must first perceive. To dodge quickly, you must perceive quickly. Standard frame-based cameras operate with high latencies due to their long exposure times. Thus, these cameras operate too slowly for situations requiring fast reactions. Falanga et al. use event cameras, a bioinspired neuromorphic sensor, that can distinguish between static and dynamic objects with low latency. This month's cover shows a custom-designed drone with event cameras, using only onboard sensing and computation, dodging fast-moving objects in an outdoor setting. [CREDIT: D. FALANGA ET AL./UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH]
