Microfluidic Valve‐Integrated Garment for Smooth Sequential Gradient Mechanotherapy
We present a soft wearable sleeve that delivers smooth, gap‐free compression using overlapping air‐filled actuators and tiny microfluidic valves. The system reduces bulk, lowers power needs, and uses a smartphone‐sized control box. It can provide sequential gradient compression, gradient pressure holding, and fast deflation, supporting more portable ...
Run Ze Gao +5 more
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Piezoresistive Sensing Performance of Smart Layer in Multi-Material 3D-Printed Reinforced Cementitious Beams. [PDF]
Liu H +5 more
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Complex dynamics, often avoided in electromechanical design, can enhance soft robotics. We develop durable magnetic soft actuators operating in tunable dynamic regimes, enabling random number generation, stochastic computing, and time‐series prediction.
Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata +14 more
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Mechanisms of Concentric Ring Electrodes in Tuning the Performance of Z-Cut Lithium Niobate Ultrasonic Transducers. [PDF]
Ouyang X +10 more
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Electrostatic Actuation Induces Competing Adhesion and Vibration Regimes at Fingertip Contact
Electric fields modulate fingertip–surface contact to create artificial touch sensations. The mechanisms underlying electrostatic friction, however, remain unclear. Direct imaging and friction measurements under oscillating electric fields showed that adhesion dominates at high frequencies, while vibration contributes substantially at the lower ...
Celal Umut Kenanoglu +2 more
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Research and Design of a Bidirectional Self-Propelled Traveling Wave Type Linear Ultrasonic Motor. [PDF]
Lu D +5 more
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A Two‐Stage Characterization Pipeline and Open‐Source Framework for Reproducible Tactile Sensing
The same soft tactile sensor returns different numbers when embodied in different robots. This is an Embodiment Gap that no shared framework currently captures transparently. A two‐stage characterization pipeline, paired with a FAIR open‐source digital datasheet, decouples intrinsic sensor behavior from embodiment effects and condenses cross‐laboratory
Matteo Lo Preti +6 more
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Functional Materials for ICE and IVUS Piezoelectric Transducers: A Review. [PDF]
He D, Ye B.
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This work presents a magnetic bronchoscopy robot with a novel multi‐segment variable stiffness catheter. This catheter can not only move flexibly in the narrow bronchi but also harden according to the need to provide support. Combined with remote wireless magnetic field drive, it provides a more precise and effective solution for biopsy of deep lung ...
Shucong Yin +10 more
wiley +1 more source
Recent advances in transducers for through-tissue ultrasonic power transfer. [PDF]
Chu Y +5 more
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