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Bi-stable thin soft robot for in-plane locomotion in narrow space (2025)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Liu, Y., Tu, J., Chang, J.-C., Wang, F., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2025). Bi-stable thin soft robot for in-plane locomotion in narrow space. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10(7), 6568-6575. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2025.3568605

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), also recognised as artificial muscle, have been widely developed for the soft locomotion robot. With the complaint skeleton and miniaturised dimension, they are well suited for the narrow space inspection. In th... Read More about Bi-stable thin soft robot for in-plane locomotion in narrow space.

Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines (2025)
Journal Article
Chang, J.-C., Dai, H., Wang, X., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2025). Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 95, Article 103018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2025.103018

Continuum robots, with their slender configuration and high redundancy, gain increasing interest in industrial applications such as intervention within confined spaces. However, when the robot end effector is required to travel a long distance, the e... Read More about Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines.

Decoding physical sensor signals to reveal chip formation and surface deformation: An example in machining nickel-based superalloys (2025)
Journal Article
Mypati, O., Robles-Linares, J. A., Zan, S., Axinte, D., & Liao, Z. (2025). Decoding physical sensor signals to reveal chip formation and surface deformation: An example in machining nickel-based superalloys. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 225, Article 112297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2024.112297

The current research aims to provide a basic understanding of decoding sensor signals with chip formation and surface integrity during the machining of Ni-based superalloys. Force signal analysis provides cutting energy information, offering insight... Read More about Decoding physical sensor signals to reveal chip formation and surface deformation: An example in machining nickel-based superalloys.

Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Raimondi, L., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2025). Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 17(3), Article 031008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066131

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have been widely studied in soft robotics due to their muscle-like movements. Linear DEAs are typically tensioned using compression springs with positive stiffness or weights directly attached to the flexible fil... Read More about Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators.

Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Li, S., Chang, J.-C., Liu, J., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2024). Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces. Nature Communications, 15, Article 6296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50598-1

From power plants on land to bridges over the sea, safety-critical built environments require periodic inspections for detecting issues to avoid functional discontinuities of these installations. However, navigation paths in these environments are us... Read More about Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces.

Machining SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How do different matrix materials affect the cutting performance? (2024)
Journal Article
Zan, S., Liao, Z., Mypati, O., Axinte, D., M'Saoubi, R., Walsh, M., & Robles-Linares, J. A. (2024). Machining SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How do different matrix materials affect the cutting performance?. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 73(1), 53-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2024.04.060

SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites find widespread application but show major machining difficulties due to significant variations in constituents' properties. In this sense, while the SiC fibre plays significant strengthening effects, the... Read More about Machining SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How do different matrix materials affect the cutting performance?.

Modelling of modular soft robots: From a single to multiple building blocks (2024)
Journal Article
Atia, M. G., Mohammad, A., Gameros, A., Axinte, D., & Wright, I. (2024). Modelling of modular soft robots: From a single to multiple building blocks. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 174, Article 104622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2024.104622

Despite the advances in soft robots, their modelling is still one of the research challenges due to the complexity and non-linearity of their soft nature. A novel design of reconfigurable soft robots was recently introduced to bring more maturity to... Read More about Modelling of modular soft robots: From a single to multiple building blocks.

Modelling and experimental study of laser-assisted milling of fibre reinforced SiC/Ti-6Al-4V metal matrix composite (2023)
Journal Article
Mypati, O., Panzer, J., Robles-Linares, J. A., Zan, S., Liao, Z., & Axinte, D. (2024). Modelling and experimental study of laser-assisted milling of fibre reinforced SiC/Ti-6Al-4V metal matrix composite. Materials and Design, 237, Article 112552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112552

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) offer unique advantageous mechanical properties by strengthening a ductile metal matrix with a ceramic reinforcement (e.g., Ti6Al-4 V/SiCf). However, their heterogeneous composition poses machining challenges including... Read More about Modelling and experimental study of laser-assisted milling of fibre reinforced SiC/Ti-6Al-4V metal matrix composite.

An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots (2023)
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Ba, W., Chang, J.-C., Liu, J., Wang, X., Dong, X., & Axinte, D. (2024). An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 171, Article 104562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2023.104562

Generic and high-performance feedback control is still challenging for tendon-driven continuum robots. Conventional model-based controllers, based on the piecewise constant curvature (PCC) assumption, explicitly require the arc parameters (bending an... Read More about An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots.

Efficient and Scalable Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Robots (2023)
Journal Article
Wild, S., Zeng, T., Mohammad, A., Billingham, J., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2024). Efficient and Scalable Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(1), 375 - 381. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2023.3331291

With their flexible nature, continuum robots offer hyper-redundancy regarding their workspace; their backbone can take many shapes upon a single tip position and orientation. Deciphering which backbone shape to use under certain conditions is crucial... Read More about Efficient and Scalable Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Robots.