3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
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
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Anti-vibration method for sensing ring of fiber optical current transformer integrating structural design and adaptive signal processing. [PDF]
Cheng L +7 more
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Review of Optical Fiber and Integrated Photonic Sensors for Industry and Smart Manufacturing: Technologies, Applications, Structural Health Monitoring and AI-Enabled Sensing. [PDF]
Poulopoulos G, Avramopoulos H.
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TacScope: A Miniaturized Vision‐Based Tactile Sensor for Surgical Applications
TacScope is a compact, vision‐based tactile sensor designed for robot‐assisted surgery. By leveraging a curved elastomer surface with pressure‐sensitive particle redistribution, it captures high‐resolution 3D tactile feedback. TacScope enables accurate tumor detection and shape classification beneath soft tissue phantoms, offering a scalable, low‐cost ...
Md Rakibul Islam Prince +3 more
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Radiation tolerant fiber optic humidity sensors for High Energy Physics applications
This work is devoted to the development of fiber optic humidity sensors to be applied in high-energy physics applications and in particular in experiments currently running at CERN. The high radiation level resulting from the operation of the accelerator
Berruti, Gaia Maria
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Equivalent Refractive Index Modeling and Multidomain Characterization of the Temperature Response of Loss in Fiber-Optic Macro-Bends. [PDF]
Shen H, Yang D, Han H, Liu J.
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A Superlubricated Magnetically Steerable Microcatheter with Integrated Optical and Fluidic Channels
A magnetically steerable microcatheter with integrated optical and fluidic channels is developed for multifunctional navigation in tortuous anatomical environments. A surface‐grafted hydrogel coating enables low‐friction actuation. The device demonstrates stable light and fluid delivery during magnetic manipulation, offering a compact platform for ...
Yuntian Du +5 more
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Investigation of the Fatigue Damage in Polymeric Composite by Using Optic Fiber Grating Sensors
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are used in various fields due to their high specific strength and specific modulus. It is important to monitor the damage occurrence and development to make CFRP materials reliable and safe.
Chiang, Chia-Chin, 江家慶
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Research progress in flap temperature monitoring technologies and applications after transplantation. [PDF]
Hu T +6 more
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