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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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Systematic Literature Review Methodology for Drone Recharging Processes in Agriculture and Disaster Management

Drones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are becoming increasingly vital in agriculture and disaster management due to their autonomous monitoring, data collection, and service delivery capability.
Leonardo Grando, Juan Fernando Galindo Jaramillo, José Roberto Emiliano Leite, Edson Luiz Ursini   +3 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
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Dual-Eye Vision-Based Docking Experiment in the Sea for Battery Recharging Application

SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 2019
This paper presents a stereo-vision-based approach for sea-bottom docking of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for battery recharging. According to the intended application, a unidirectional docking station was designed in which the AUV has to dock ...
Khin Nwe Lwin, Myo Myint, Kenta Yonemori, Naoki Mukada, Yoshiki Kanda, Akira Yanou, Mamoru Minami   +6 more
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Flux Analysis of the Supercapacitor Performance at Component Level

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The central objective of this study is to introduce new approach and metrics for analyzing the supercapacitor performance at the component level. The lack of standardized evaluation methodologies for analyzing the nonlinear behavior of real system is critical and hinders progress of supercapacitor.
Hyacinthe Randriamahazaka, Van Bui‐Thi‐Tuyet, Christine Ranjan   +2 more
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Unilateral Ankle‐Foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton with Balance‐Sensing Feedback for Self‐Help Telerehabilitation after Stroke

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a hybrid robot that integrates mechanical assistance by musculoskeletons (i.e., soft pneumatic muscle with rigid exoskeletal extensions), neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and vibrotactile feedback in a lightweight wearable mechatronic complex applicable to the paretic ankle–foot poststroke for gait restoration. The system can
Fuqiang Ye, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Kwok‐Ting Wong, Man‐Kit Pang, Hon‐Wah Wai, Lilly Li, Zicong Hong, Song Guo, Zong‐Hao Ma, Yongping Zheng, Ming Zhang, Nicholas Chow, Jianing Zhang, Xiaoling Hu, Fei Chen, Waisang Poon   +16 more
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Automatic Battery Swap System for Home Robots

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2012
This paper presents the design and implementation of an automatic battery swap system for the prolonged activities of home robots. A battery swap station is proposed to implement battery off-line recharging and on-line exchanging functions.
Juan Wu, Guifang Qiao, Jian Ge, Hongtao Sun, Guangming Song   +4 more
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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Recharging the battery: placement tests for ESP students

Alfa: Revista de Lingüística, 2001
<p>This paper first reviews key concepts in language testing and discusses the use of the English Language Placement Test administered at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro to computer science students, who are required t o take one of the ...
Maria Isabel Azevedo Cunha, Márcia do Amaral Peixoto Martins, Inés Kayon de Miller, Lucia Pacheco de Oliveira, James Dean Brown   +4 more
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Optimized Approach to Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm

Jambura Journal of Mathematics
The Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (EVRPTW) is a complex logistics issue that involves optimizing delivery routes for electric vehicles while adhering to strict time limits, managing limited battery capacity, and addressing recharging
Adifa Yasin Aksyarafah, Nughthoh Arfawi Kurdhi   +1 more
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