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 +2 more
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The effect of pembrolizumab on the healing of colonic anastomosis: a pre-clinical study in Wistar rats. [PDF]
Symeonidou E +11 more
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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir +4 more
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Dermatoscopic Features of Hyperpigmented Dermatoses. [PDF]
Hua Y, Xie B, Shen Y, Song X.
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3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications
Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun +3 more
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Predictive biomarkers for the prognosis of phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy. [PDF]
Yun YI, Yoon CH, Oh JY, Choi HJ, Kim MK.
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder +3 more
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A colorimetric readout based on the PrestoBlue® dye as an objective method for measuring neutralizing antibodies against influenza virus in human serum samples. [PDF]
Stincarelli MA +6 more
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma +4 more
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Nomogram-Based Prediction Model for Postherpetic Neuralgia in Immunosuppressive Patients. [PDF]
Pan XY, Lu LN, Wang J, Mei LH, Yang G.
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