Fabrication and Characterization of Cu2+-Driven PTFE-Reinforced Artificial Muscle Polymer Membrane for Water Purification and Energy Harvesting Applications [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 Ionic polymer membranes have not yet gained widespread practical application in areas such as water purification and energy harvesting due to their high cost and tendency to swell.
Venkata Dinesh Avvari +1 more
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Integrated Mechano-Electrochemical Harvesting Fiber and Thermally Responsive Artificial Muscle for Self-Powered Temperature–Strain Dual-Parameter Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Significant progress in healthcare fields around the world has inspired us to develop a wearable strain–temperature sensor that can monitor biomedical signals in daily life.
Hyeon Jun Sim +3 more
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Biomimetic cell-actuated artificial muscle with nanofibrous bundles [PDF]
Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2021 Biohybrid artificial muscle produced by integrating living muscle cells and their scaffolds with free movement in vivo is promising for advanced biomedical applications, including cell-based microrobotic systems and therapeutic drug delivery systems ...
Yongwoo Jang +5 more
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Design and Force/Angle Independent Control of a Bionic Mechanical Ankle Based on an Artificial Muscle Matrix [PDF]
BiomimeticsInspired by the natural skeletal muscles, this paper presents a novel shape memory alloy-based artificial muscle matrix (AMM) with advantages of a large output force and displacement, flexibility, and compactness. According to the composition of the AMM,
Zhikun Jia +4 more
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DE-AFO: A Robotic Ankle Foot Orthosis for Children with Cerebral Palsy Powered by Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle [PDF]
SensorsConventional passive ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) have not seen substantial advances or functional improvements for decades, failing to meet the demands of many stakeholders, especially the pediatric population with neurological disorders. Our objective is
Vahid Mohammadi +5 more
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Embedding Bifurcations into Pneumatic Artificial Muscle. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)AbstractHarnessing complex body dynamics has long been a challenge in robotics, particularly when dealing with soft dynamics, which exhibit high complexity in interacting with the environment. Recent studies indicate that these dynamics can be used as a computational resource, exemplified by the McKibben pneumatic artificial muscle, a common soft ...
Akashi N +6 more
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Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2023 Vertebrates achieve a high degree of flexibility and skillful performance via a musculoskeletal system consisting of multiple joints. These joints are simultaneously driven by some multi-articular muscles, which run over two or more joints and ...
Yuta ISHIKAWA +2 more
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Actuators, 2023 A soft actuator is an essential component in a soft robot that enables it to perform complex movements by combining different fundamental motion modes.
Beau Ragland, Lianjun Wu
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Actuators, 2021 In this paper, the prototype of the assistive suit for lower limbs was developed. The prototype was based on an assist method with joint stiffness and antagonized angle control.
Seigo Kimura +6 more
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Effect of Wing Corrugation on the Aerodynamic Efficiency of Two-Dimensional Flapping Wings
Applied Sciences, 2020 Many previous studies have shown that wing corrugation of an insect wing is only structurally beneficial in enhancing the wing’s bending stiffness and does not much help to improve the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings.
Thanh Tien Dao +3 more
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