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Advanced Manufacturing of Composite‐Based Systems for Energy Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Advanced manufacturing enables the integration of polymers, ceramics, metal oxides, and composites into architected microstructures with tailored transport pathways. By coupling material selection, manufacturing strategy, and structural design, multifunctional energy systems can simultaneously improve electrochemical performance, thermal management ...
Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Dhanush Patil, Libin Yang, M. Taylor Sobczak, Anshul Kulkarni, Xiao Sun, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Tiantian Li, Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Jason J. Locklin, Yanyu Chen, Xianqiao Wang, Arunachala Mada Kannan, Kenan Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

BIM-Based Trajectory Planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Enabled Box Girder Bridge Inspection

Remote Sensing
Inspection is essential for bridge maintenance and has been supplemented by the use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry. However, a review of the literature reveals that existing approaches require the intervention of a human operator to ...
Jiangpeng Shu, Zhe Xia, Yifan Gao
doaj   +1 more source

Programmable Pneumatic Actuator System for a Bioinspired Artificial Colon

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A modular soft robotic colon simulator driven by programmable pneumatic actuation is developed to mimic physiological and pathological‐like motility patterns of the large intestine. Finite element–guided design and distributed control enable anatomically realistic deformation for peristalsis, segmentation, and mass movements, supporting capsule ...
Andrew Bickerdike, Bo Tian, Xizheng Fang, Zepeng Wang, Yang Liu, Lucy Adams, Shyam Prasad   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pajaritos Bridge Evaluation: a 50 year old concrete structure in an aggressive environment in the Gulg of Mexico

Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2006
This investigation presents the results of the inspection performed on the Pajaritos Bridge as part of the activities for the Mexican bridge infrastructure evaluation project denominated National Plan for Bridge Corrosion Evaluation. This plan considers
Angélica del Valle, José Pérez, Andrés Torres, Miguel Martínez   +3 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Microfabrication of Soft Millirobots Propelled by Low Voltage Electrohydraulic Actuators

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Manual layer‐by‐layer assembly is replaced by wafer‐level MEMS batch fabrication for compliant polymer‐based electrohydraulic actuators. The microfabricated devices integrate sacrificially defined microcavities, Parylene‐C‐sealed inlets, and multilayer polymer–metal films.
Shai Shmulevich, Florian Hartmann, Herbert Shea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Programmable Anisotropic Terahertz Permittivity via High‐Aspect‐Ratio 3D‐Printed Dielectric Mesh Networks

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printed Terahertz (THz) anisotropic dielectric with programmable permittivity by varying infill density and creating high‐aspect‐ratio channels is presented. The proposed design was evaluated both experimentally, through THz time‐domain spectroscopy, and theoretically, through FDTD simulations and Effective Medium Theory analysis.
Chi Him Liu, Hwan Sik Kim, Andre Sarker Andy, Imad A.M. Ahmed, Yeong Hwan Ahn, Sang‐Soo Chee, Mira Naftaly, John E. Cunningham, Sae June Park   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Learning-Based Surface Crack Detection in Bridge Structures: A Review

Infrastructures
Surface cracks pose a significant threat to the durability and operational safety of concrete bridges, making accurate crack detection essential for effective structural health monitoring.
Jia Li, Mustafasanie M. Yussof, Beiping Tian, Zhengrui Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mutual Shaping in Swarm Robotics: User Studies in Fire and Rescue, Storage Organization, and Bridge Inspection. [PDF]

Front Robot AI, 2020
Carrillo-Zapata D, Milner E, Hird J, Tzoumas G, Vardanega PJ, Sooriyabandara M, Giuliani M, Winfield AFT, Hauert S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source