Biohybrid Robotic Hand to Investigate Tactile Encoding and Sensorimotor Integration
BiomimeticsFor people who have experienced a spinal cord injury or an amputation, the recovery of sensation and motor control could be incomplete despite noteworthy advances with invasive neural interfaces.
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Monolithic Biohybrid Flexure Mechanism Actuated by Bioengineered Skeletal Muscle Tissue [PDF]
Advanced Intelligent SystemsSkeletal muscle tissue represents an attractive powering component for biohybrid robots, as traditional actuators used in the soft robotic context often rely on complex mechanisms and lack scalability at small dimensions.
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Highly robust and soft biohybrid mechanoluminescence for optical signaling and illumination [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Despite the advantages of biohybrid systems for soft robotics, most systems have short lifetime, require complex fabrication, and only remain functional with careful maintenance.
Chenghai Li +7 more
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Human Motor System‐Based Biohybrid Robot‐On‐a‐Chip for Drug Evaluation of Neurodegenerative Disease
Advanced ScienceBiohybrid robots have been developed for biomedical applications and industrial robotics. However, the biohybrid robots have limitations to be applied in neurodegenerative disease research due to the absence of a central nervous system.
Minkyu Shin +8 more
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Biohybrid Sensors for Underwater Monitoring [PDF]
With the rising climate change and its consequences on the aquatic biosphere, long-term underwater monitoring has become an important topic of research.
Gogoi, Niharika +6 more
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Responsive Membrane Antenna Enables Adaptive Biohybrid Interface for Photosynthesis Promotion, Stress Reporting and Modulation. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)An environmentally responsive antenna assembled onto the algal cell membrane creates a biohybrid with a responsive interface that promotes photosynthesis under normal conditions and shifts to H2O2‐triggered stress reporting and modulation upon stress onset, boosting environmental sensing and adaptive response.
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In situ Time-Resolved Spectroelectrochemistry Reveals Limitations of Biohybrid Photoelectrode Performance [PDF]
, 2022 Photosynthetic reaction centres catalyse the majority of solar energy conversion on Earth. These pigment proteins achieve this goal with a near-unity quantum efficiency, transducing the energy of almost every absorbed photon into that of a charge ...
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A Novel Steerable Catheter Controlled with a Biohybrid Actuator: A Feasibility Study [PDF]
, 2023 Targeted therapies allow increasing the efficacy of treatments for several diseases, including cancer. The release of drugs or chemicals directly in the site of interest will be beneficial for maximizing the therapy and minimize side effects.
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Biohybrid robots: recent progress, challenges, and perspectives [PDF]
, 2022 The past ten years have seen the rapid expansion of the field of biohybrid robotics. By combining engineered, synthetic components with living biological materials, new robotics solutions have been developed that harness the adaptability of living ...
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Core–Shell Structured Fluorescent Protein Nanoparticles: New Paradigm Toward Zero‐Thermal‐Quenching in High‐Power Biohybrid Light‐Emitting Diodes [PDF]
, 2023 Stable and efficient high‐power biohybrid light‐emitting diodes (Bio‐HLEDs) using fluorescent proteins (FPs) in photon downconverting filters have not been achieved yet, reaching best efficiencies of 130 lm W−1 stable for >5 h.
Patrian, Marta +23 more
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