A Modular Variable Stiffness Co‐Bot System Achieving Tasks Flexibility and Contact Compliance
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Bio‐inspired antagonistic compliance enables a modular rigid‐soft co‐bot platform with variable stiffness for safe human‐robot interaction (HRI): Standardized interfaces support application‐driven configurations with tailored DoFs, workspace, and stiffness range, making the system suited to HRI and low‐volume automation.
Wenlong Gaozhang +6 more
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Editorial: Advancements in trajectory optimization and model predictive control for legged systems
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Enrico Mingo Hoffman +2 more
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Experimental study on the impact of Speed-Agility-Quickness Training method on the agility performance of collegiate sanda specialty students [PDF]
PeerJResearch objective This study investigates the effects of Speed, Agility, and Quickness (SAQ) training on the agility of collegiate sanda athletes at Henan Normal University.
Xingwei Si +3 more
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AGILE: AGility Innovations Leveraging Electronics
The Tenth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, 2023 Charles Ramey +6 more
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MOF‐Derived Cu‐TiO2/Alginate Micromotors for Buoyancy‐Regulated 3D Motion
Advanced Science, EarlyView.In this work, cyanobacteria‐inspired sodium alginate (SA)/Cu‐TiO2/Fe3O4 hydrogel micromotors generate and encapsulate O2 microvesicles upon light irradiation, enabling buoyancy‐mediated Z‐axis upward migration and surface enrichment at the light‐exposed water‐air surface.
Wei Zou +7 more
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Agility amid uncertainties: evidence from 2009 A/H1N1 pandemics in Singapore and Taiwan
Policy & Society, 2018 Despite the emphasis placed on agility in uncertain situations such as extreme events, no comparative data exist to look into the determinants that drive agility.
Allen Yu-Hung Lai
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Micro/Nanoscale Acoustic Manipulation: From Particle Control to Autonomous Microswimmers
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This conceptual framework illustrates acoustic technology as a multifunctional platform enabling passive particle manipulation across scales and autonomous propulsion of microswimmers. ABSTRACT Acoustic manipulation and propulsion technologies have emerged as powerful platforms for micro/nanoscale control, enabled by their non‐contact operation, label ...
Jiahui Chu +4 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Recent advances in metasurface‐enabled low‐observable technologies are reviewed from the perspective of cross‐scale material–structure synergy. Electromagnetic, thermal, optical, and acoustic stealth are highlighted together with dynamic tuning, programmable coding, data‐driven inverse design, artificial intelligence, multispectral compatibility, and ...
Shuhao Wang +5 more
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Arthropod‐Inspired Miniature Modular Vibration Direct‐Drive Robot With Untethered Locomotion
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This work presents an arthropod‐inspired untethered miniature modular vibration direct‐drive robot. By utilizing standardized driving units and nested locking interfaces, on‐demand reconfiguration into quadruped, hexapod, octopod, and circular morphologies is achieved.
Shijing Zhang +4 more
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The Emerging Gig Economy and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
SocietiesOnline work mediated by digital platforms is prevalent across various sectors, including food delivery, data entry, and professional services. Globally, gig work and the gig economy are growing with improved and increased Internet coverage and mobile ...
Desmond Ayentimi +2 more
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