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Multifunctional Position and Stiffness Control of Soft Fluidic Actuators Using Supercooled Liquid

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work explores the use of supercooled liquid as a multifunctional working fluid for soft actuators to allow independent control of position and stiffness; the solution is used to both inflate the elastomer chambers while in liquid state and to achieve a dramatic increase in stiffness (up to 13 times) with rapid, reversible crystallization.
Hoseung Seo, Michael T. Tolley
wiley   +1 more source

Gecko‐Inspired Adhesive Grasping from Convex to Flat Surfaces with Contact Sensing

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A gecko‐inspired adhesive gripper with a pair of soft hierarchical bio‐toes and a bionic rolling module is designed for adaptive grasping from convex to flat surfaces. Integrated adhesive contact sensing enables the smart grabbing of complex items. The gripper exhibits adaptability, load‐bearing capacity, and potential for applications in industries ...
Liuwei Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Good eggs and bad eggs [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2016
openaire   +3 more sources

Artificial Intelligences: A Bridge Toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity's Future

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Many discussions of artificial intelligence fail to address deeper questions being raised by advances in developmental biology, neuroscience, bioengineering, and philosophy of mind. Novel beings, including technologically and biologically augmented humans, engineered life forms, hybrots, and others, require tools of the emerging field of diverse ...
Michael Levin
wiley   +1 more source

Plasmonic‐Hydrogel Hybrid Biomaterials Via In Situ Seeded Growth

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Detailed chemical analysis of the interactions between Au3+ ions and gelatin‐based hydrogels enables the development of a robust “in situ” seed‐mediated synthesis of plasmonic gold nanoparticles, whereby gold salts are reduced directly on the surface of hydrogel substrates to form the nanostructures.
Gail A. Vinnacombe‐Willson   +8 more
wiley   +2 more sources

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