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Overcoming Printing and Interfacial Challenges in Liquid Metal Direct Writing for Integrated Stretchable Electronics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Liquid metal direct writing is advanced from a technological and fundamental point. Utilizing a kinematic bed, printing on large surfaces with irregularities is enabled. Furthermore, a pressure‐driven flow during printing is discovered that affects the thickness of traces.
Maximilian Krack, Lennert Purnal, Parth Vinayakrao Sewlikar, Sam Cuyvers, Gus Geurts, Rathul Nengminza Sangma, Derese Desta, Dieter Reenaers, Bart Ruttens, Iris De Graeve, Tom Hauffman, Seppe Terryn, Bram Vanderborght, Michaël Daenen, Wim Deferme, Monika Rai   +15 more
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Large‐Scale and Cost‐Effective Fabrication of Ultra‐Thin, Biodegradable Microelectrode Arrays and Pressure Sensors Using Laser Micromachining

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A mask‐free and cost‐effective UV‐pico‐second laser‐based microfabrication method is proposed to fabricate large‐area biodegradable microelectrode arrays and pressure sensors. These devices demonstrate low impedance, good conformability, excellent biocompatibility, and rapid degradation, providing a new route for next‐generation transient electronics ...
Bhavani Prasad Yalagala, Asfand Tanwear, María Cerezo‐Sánchez, Hossein Parvizi, Morteza Amjadi, Hadi Heidari   +5 more
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Natural Entanglement Inspired Cilia‐Like Soft Gripper for Rapid Adaptive Grasping

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Self‐adaptive, easy‐to‐control, and low‐cost gripper devices are indispensable in manufacturing and agriculture. However, the existing soft grippers cannot provide high response speed and firm grasping.
Zichen Xu, Yukang Yan, Xianli Wang, Yuanhe Chen, Qingsong Xu   +4 more
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3D Printed PEDOT:PSS‐Based Lattice Pressure Sensors With Tunable Electromechanical Response

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS)‐based architected lattices are fabricated via single‐step Digital Light Processing (DLP) printing for tunable pressure sensing. Structural design variations allow precise control of sensitivity and range, while integrated conductivity eliminates post‐processing.
Ozan Karakaya, Naroa Lopez‐Larrea, Ali Veysel Tunc, Mikel Rincon‐Iglesias, Karin J. Chen, Katja Nau, Senentxu Lanceros‐Mendez, David Mecerreyes, Miryam Criado‐Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez‐Sosa   +9 more
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Chemically Doped Conductive Polymers for Wearable Health Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Among conductive polymers, poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polyaniline (PANI), and polypyrrole (PPy) are the most studied and applied. Chemical doping significantly boosts intrinsic conductivity and mechanical robustness.
Mengdi Zuo, Jian Song, Hong Hu, Le Zheng, Lei Zhang, Charles H. Lawrie   +5 more
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Enhancing a microcontroller-assisted gripper for harvesting bell peppers based on their mechanical and structural properties

Smart Agricultural Technology
The increasing demand for automation in agriculture, driven by labour shortages and the need for sustainable practices, has accelerated the development of robotic harvesting systems of delicate produce. This study advances a microcontroller-based robotic
Dimitrios Loukatos, Nikolaos Sideris, Charalampos Templalexis, Diamanto Lentzou, Georgios Xanthopoulos, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis   +5 more
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Global Search with Bernoulli Alternation Kernel for Task-oriented Grasping Informed by Simulation

, 2018
We develop an approach that benefits from large simulated datasets and takes full advantage of the limited online data that is most relevant. We propose a variant of Bayesian optimization that alternates between using informed and uninformed kernels ...
Antonova, Rika, Kokic, Mia, Kragic, Danica, Stork, Johannes A.   +3 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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NASA space station automation: AI-based technology review [PDF]

Research and Development projects in automation for the Space Station are discussed. Artificial Intelligence (AI) based automation technologies are planned to enhance crew safety through reduced need for EVA, increase crew productivity through the ...
Firschein, O., Georgeff, M. P., Kautz, W. H., Levitt, K. N., Neumann, P., Park, W., Poggio, A. A., Rom, R. J.   +7 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
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