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The Impact of Automation on the Efficiency of Port Container Terminals

Future Transportation
The increasing need to optimize efficiency in port container terminals has led to the transition of operations from manual to automated or semi-automated processes.
Panagiotis Tsagkaris, Tatiana P. Moschovou   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Control of Collision and Deadlock Avoidance for Automated Guided Vehicles with a Fault-Tolerance Capability

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2016
Based on a novel discrete-event zone-control model, in our previous papers [ 1 , 2 ], we presented a time-efficient traffic control for automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems to exclude inter-vehicle collisions and system deadlocks, together with a case ...
Qin Li, Alexander Pogromsky, Teun Adriaansen, Jan Tijmen Udding   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Collaborative scheduling of external container trucks and yard cranes for resilient port operations

Frontiers in Marine Science
External container trucks and yard cranes are key equipment for yard operations in automated container terminals, and their operational efficiency is crucial to improving terminal service levels. In the context of growing uncertainties in global shipping—
Yamin Zhou, Yongsheng Yang, Han Zhang, Bing Sun, Shiwen Zhu, Xinqiang Chen, Xinqiang Chen, Octavian Postolache, Octavian Postolache   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Virtual Terminal: Visualizing Automated Container Terminals

, 2010
Automation in maritime container terminals is gaining momentum as the advantages in terms of total life cycle costs have become apparent in western countries.
Verstegt, C. (Cornelis.Versteeegt@apmterminals.com) (author), Fumarola, M. (M.Fumarola@tudelft.nl) (author)   +1 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
wiley   +1 more source

Additive‐Manufactured, Multifunctional Bioreactor Technology for Dynamic Culture of 3D Bioprinted Tissue Models

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We introduce an additively manufactured bioreactor with a perfusion flow system and integrated temperature and pH sensors for skeletal muscle tissue biofabrication. The bioreactor's performance was evaluated by assessing the viability, spreading of the myoblast cells in a printed scaffold, and contraction of the isolated murine musculi interossei ...
Lys Sprenger, Johann Schorzmann, Hsuan‐Heng Lu, Muhammad Osama, Julian Bauer, Michael Haug, Oliver Friedrich, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Frank Döpper, Sahar Salehi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping Carbon Nitrides for Advanced Macrostructures

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review examines how carbon nitride can be shaped through a range of printing and interfacial assembly methods. By bringing together additive manufacturing and liquid–liquid structuring concepts, carbon nitride is moving beyond its traditional powder‐based photocatalyst form toward digitally designed robust macroscale architectures with high design
Simona Baluchová, Baris Kumru
wiley   +1 more source

Fully 3D‐Printed Wave‐Wound Electromagnetic Motors

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This work presents the first fully 3D‐printed wave‐wound electromagnetic motors, which are created using conductive nanoparticle inks, carbon‐filled nylon polymers, and surface mount components. These motors can achieve a stall torque of 7.62N·mmA−1$7.62 \nobreakspace N{\cdot }mm A^{-1}$ and efficiency of 28.2 %, which approaches the performance of ...
Joseph Schwalbe, Sebastian Mettes, Eduardo Francke, Kenneth W. Allen, Yi Chen Mazumdar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source