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Pneumatic inflatable end effector [PDF]

, 1981
The invention relates to an end effector device for robot or teleoperated type space vehicle which includes an inflatable balloon member carried on the end of tubular member which has a hollow center or conduit through which a suitable pressurized fluid ...
Clark, K. H., Johnston, J. D.
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The Large-Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE)

, 2012
The LSPE is a balloon-borne mission aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at large angular scales, and in particular to constrain the curl component of CMB polarization (B-modes) produced by tensor perturbations ...
A., Bau, A., Boscaleri, A., D' Addabbo, A., Gregorio, A., Mennella, A., Passerini, A., Tartari, A., Zacchei, Amico, Giorgio, B., Maffei, Battistelli, Elia Stefano, C., Franceschet, Coppolecchia, Alessandro, Cruciani, Angelo, D'Alessandro,, D'Alessandro, Giuseppe, D., Goldie, D., Maino, DE BERNARDIS, Paolo, DE GREGORI, Simone, DE PETRIS, Marco, E., Franceschi, E., Tommasi, F., Cavaliere, F., Cuttaia, F., Del Torto, F., Villa, G., D' Alessandro, G., D'Addabbo, G., Morgante, G., Romeo, G., Virone, Hideki, Takami, Ian S., Mclean, L., Fiorineschi, L., Piccirillo, L., Stringhetti, L., Terenzi, Lamagna, Luca, M. W., Ng, M., Bersanelli, M., Gervasi, M., Sandri, M., Tomasi, M., Zannoni, Masi, Silvia, N. M., Wah, N., Krachmalnicoff, Nati, Federico, O., Peverini, P., Battaglia, P., Rissone, Pagano, Luca, Piacentini, Francesco, Pisano, Giampaolo, R., Tascone, Ricciardi, Sara, S., Aiola, S., Withington, Salatino, Maria, Schillaci, Alessandro, Suzanne K., Ramsay, V., Haynes, Wah Ng, Ming   +63 more
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EBEX: A balloon-borne CMB polarization experiment [PDF]

, 2010
EBEX is a NASA-funded balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Observations will be made using 1432 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometric detectors read out with frequency multiplexed ...
Aboobaker, Asad M., Ade, Peter, Aubin, Françcois, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bao, Chaoyun, Borrill, Julian, Cantalupo, Christopher, Chapman, Daniel, Didier, Joy, Dobbs, Matt, Grain, Julien, Grainger, William, Hanany, Shaul, Hillbrand, Seth, Hubmayr, Johannes, Jaffe, Andrew, Johnson, Bradley, Jones, Terry, Kisner, Theodore, Klein, Jeff, Korotkov, Andrei, Leach, Sam, Lee, Adrian, Levinson, Lorne, Limon, Michele, MacDermid, Kevin, Matsumura, Tomotake, Meng, Xiaofan, Miller, Amber, Milligan, Michael, Pascale, Enzo, Polsgrove, Daniel, Ponthieu, Nicolas, Raach, Kate, Reichborn-Kjennerud, Britt, Sagiv, Ilan, Smecher, Graeme, Stivoli, Federico, Stompor, Radek, Tran, Huan, Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory S., Vinokurov, Yury, Yadav, Amit, Zaldarriaga, Matias, Zilic, Kyle   +45 more
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Smart Flexible Tactile Sensors: Recent Progress in Device Designs, Intelligent Algorithms, and Multidisciplinary Applications

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensors have considerable potential for broad application in healthcare monitoring, human–machine interfaces, and bioinspired robotics. This review explores recent progress in device design, performance optimization, and intelligent applications. It highlights how AI algorithms enhance environmental adaptability and perception accuracy
Siyuan Wang, Ming Dong, Rongrong Bao, Caofeng Pan   +3 more
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A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker, Tamzid Ul Islam, Md. Robiul Islam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coronary sinus filling time as a marker of microvascular dysfunction in patients with angina and normal coronaries

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2019
Objective: Although chest pain and normal coronary arteries (known as cardiac syndrome X [CSX]) remained a prevalent clinical condition, underlying pathogenesis has not been fully explained.
Farshad Shakerian, Nasrin Panahifar
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Enhancement of Ultrasound B-Mode Image Quality Using Nonlinear Filtered-Multiply-and-Sum Compounding for Improved Carotid Artery Segmentation

Diagnostics, 2023
In ultrasound B-mode imaging, the axial resolution (AR) is commonly determined by the duration or bandwidth of an excitation signal. A shorter-duration pulse will produce better resolution compared to a longer one but with compromised penetration depth ...
Asraf Mohamed Moubark, Luzhen Nie, Mohd Hairi Mohd Zaman, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Mohd Asyraf Zulkifley, Mohd Hafiz Baharuddin, Zainab Alomari, Steven Freear   +7 more
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Robotic Arm‐Assisted Conformal 3D Printing of Displays for Structural Electronics

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study presents a robotics‐enabled platform combining 3D scanning and a 6‐DOF robotic arm for conformal printing on complex non‐planar structures. By maintaining nozzle perpendicularity, the system enables high‐fidelity direct ink writing on steep sidewalls, spherical surfaces, successfully demonstrating a fully printed 7‐segment dynamic display ...
Chanbin Yoo, Jongcheon Bae, Seonghyeon Kim, Jun Chang Yang, Seung Kwon Seol, Jaeyeon Pyo   +5 more
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Micro Balloon Actuators for Aerodynamic Control [PDF]

, 1998
A robust, large-force, large-deflection micro balloon actuator for aerodynamic (manoeuvring) control of transonic aircraft has been developed. Using a novel process, high yield linear arrays of silicone balloons on a robust silicon substrate have been ...
Grosjean, C., Ho, C. M., Hong, W., Lee, G. B., Tai, Y. C.   +4 more
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Stokes tomography of radio pulsar magnetospheres. II. Millisecond pulsars

, 2011
The radio polarization characteristics of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) differ significantly from those of non-recycled pulsars. In particular, the position angle (PA) swings of many MSPs deviate from the S-shape predicted by the rotating vector model, even
A. Melatos, Arons, Bell, Blaskiewicz, C. T. Y. Chung, Cheng, Cheng, Chung, Cordes, Dyks, Dyks, Gangadhara, Hibschman, Johnston, Karastergiou, Kaspi, Knight, Lamb, Long, Lorimer, Lyne, Manchester, Manchester, Melatos, Melatos, Navarro, Ord, Payne, Petrova, Radhakrishnan, Ruderman, Ruderman, Shakura, Spitkovsky, Srinivasan, Stairs, Watters, Zhang   +37 more
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