A new hyperspectral index, moisture-insensitive non-photosynthetic vegetation index (MINI), enables more reliable estimation of vegetation cover in coastal saltmarsh wetlands under changing moisture conditions. 

A research paper by scientists from Imperial College London introduced a bionic multichannel whisker system, as an additional sensing modality for endoluminal interventions.

The new research paper, published on Aug. 05 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, provided proof‑of‑concept validation for a compact sensor add‑on that can discriminate surface texture, reconstruct local geometry, and estimate radial contact forces–three tactile primitives that are difficult to access through vision alone.

A research paper by scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong University developed and clinically evaluated an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled wearable ultrasound device for noninvasive estimation of elevated central venous pressure (CVP) by imaging the internal jugular vein (IJV) and common carotid artery (CCA) in acute and critical patients.

The new research paper, published on Aug. 05 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, has developed an integrated system that combines a wearable ultrasound patch with artificial intelligence to estimate elevated CVP noninvasively from neck vascular imaging.

A research paper by scientists at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology proposed a single source dual drive flexible knee joint assisted exoskeleton device to assist elderly people in daily walking.

The research paper, published on Aug 11, 2026 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems.

Multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) provides useful biochemical and molecular contrast in tissues. However, image quality is often limited by system noise and sparse sampling. We propose the optoacoustic universal denoising network (OA-UDNet), a hybrid diffusion-based framework for sparse MSOT data. The model is trained on more than 250,000 in vivo images. It performs joint denoising and high-fidelity image restoration by combining an edge-aware module with diffusion-based generation to preserve structural boundaries.