Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Transducers convert physical signals into electrical and optical representations, yet each mechanism is bounded by intrinsic trade‐offs across bandwidth, sensitivity, speed, and energy. This review maps transduction mechanisms across physical scale and frequency, showing how heterogeneous integration and multiphysics co‐design transform isolated ...
Aolei Xu +8 more
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The dialectic: Not just the absolute recoil, but the world’s living fire that extinguishes and kindles itself. Reflections on Slavoj Žižek’s version of dialectical philosophy in "Absolute recoil. Towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism" [PDF]
, 2014 Slavoj Žižek shows in his book Absolute Recoil (and previous Hegelian works such as Less than Nothing) the importance of repeating Hegel’s dialectical philosophy in contemporary capitalism.
Fuchs, Christian
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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Hegel's Concept of Reconciliation: On Absolute Spirit
, 2023 This dissertation reconstructs and defends Hegel’s concept of reconciliation as the highest goal of the three forms of Absolute Spirit: art, religion, and philosophy.
Shaul, Dylan
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Echinoderm‐Inspired Autonomy for Soft‐Legged Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Inspired by echinoderms, a modular soft robot achieves autonomous phototaxis without a central controller or explicit communication. Each limb independently adapts its actuation timing through local sensing and short‐term memory. Coordination emerges purely from physical interactions, demonstrating resilience to changes in morphology, environment, and ...
Harmannus A. H. Schomaker +2 more
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Dialectical Critique of the Hegelian System: Absolute Spirit and the Relation of Religion, the State and Philosophy [PDF]
, 2004 Starting from the presupposition, common in some circles of Continental philosophy, that Hegel's system is unsurpassed and yet to be overcome, this thesis attempts to formulate an immanent dialectical critique of that system.
Rodger, Charles P.
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Compliant Pneumatic Feet with Real‐Time Stiffness Adaptation for Humanoid Locomotion
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A compliant pneumatic foot with real‐time variable stiffness enables humanoid robots to adapt to changing terrains. Using onboard vision and pressure control, the foot modulates stiffness within each gait cycle, reducing impact forces and improving balance. The design, cast in soft silicone with embedded air chambers and Kevlar wrapping, offers durable,
Irene Frizza +3 more
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The Relevance of Irrelevance: Absolute Objects and the Jones-Geroch Dust Velocity Counterexample, with a Note on Spinors [PDF]
, 2005 James L. Anderson analyzed the conceptual novelty of Einstein's theory of gravity as its lack of ``absolute objects.'' Michael Friedman's related concept of absolute objects has been criticized by Roger Jones and Robert Geroch for implausibly admitting ...
Pitts, J. Brian, J. Brian Pitts
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THE UNITY OF OPPOSITES OR THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
Наука Красноярья, 2017 The modern foreign policy of modern Russia, and its discussion seem to be situational, profoundly contradictory and illogical. The study of Russian philosophy of history allows us to understand the content of contemporary political discourse, and to see ...
Anton Aleksandrovich Antipov
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Consciousness Homeostasis for Psychotherapeutic Healing : With special reference to Jain Philosophy
Dev Sanskriti: Interdisciplinary International Journal, 2022 The healing from any ailment entails the comprehensive management of the individual’s bio-psycho-socio-spiritual context. The effect of psychological domains on one’s physical health indicate the scope of study of consciousness. Scientific psychological
Megha Jain
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