A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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A Review of Failure Modes and Safety Strategies of Lithium‐Ion Batteries from Materials to Systems
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A cascade‐aware framework is presented for lithium‐ion battery safety, linking thermal runaway initiation, acceleration, runaway reaction, and propagation with material‐, cell/pack‐, and system‐level interventions. By integrating failure mechanisms, quantitative safety indicators, and staged interception strategies, this review highlights how safer ...
Jin Hyeok Yang +8 more
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Damage localization with fiber Bragg grating Lamb wave sensing through adaptive phased array imaging [PDF]
, 2018 Fiber Bragg gratings are known being immune to electromagnetic interference and emerging as Lamb wave sensors for structural health monitoring of plate-like structures.
Lingyu Yu +3 more
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Towards Advanced Intelligent and Perceptive Soft Grippers
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Implementing soft yet strong and intelligent soft grippers request innovative and creative solutions in designing soft bodies and seamlessly integrating actuated systems with hierarchical sensing. This review systematically analyses soft grippers with a deep understanding of core components, from fundamental design principles to actuation and sensing ...
Haneul Kim +4 more
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Transmission characterization of fiber Bragg gratings arrays for intracavity spectral control of a 1.5 micrometer fiber laser [PDF]
, 2021 This thesis aims to investigate whether a fiber Bragg grating array (FBGA) can be designed to reduce the bandwidth of light from a 1.5 µm fiber laser while the distances between the fiber Bragg gratings are in the 10-20 cm range.
Jäderholm, Pontus, Leo Qiyuan, Hu
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Hydroelectric Plant Safety: Real-Time Monitoring Utilizing Fiber-Optic Sensors
SensorsIn the context of hydroelectric plants, this article emphasizes the imperative of robust monitoring strategies. The utilization of fiber-optic sensors (FOSs) emerges as a promising approach due to their efficient optical transmission, minimal signal ...
Renato Luiz Faraco +8 more
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Omnidirectional Shape Proprioception for Untethered Shape Memory Alloy‐Driven Soft Robotic Arms
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.A lightweight, modular soft robotic arm employs SMA actuation and a multi‐Hall‐magnet sensing system to achieve accurate omnidirectional shape proprioception. Each 35 g segment enables scalable assembly, while robust proprioception supports versatile navigation and manipulation in complex, unstructured environments.
Yiming Ouyang +7 more
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Tactile Sensor Array with Fiber Bragg Gratings in Quasi-Distributed Sensing [PDF]
, 2018 This work describes the development of a quasi-distributed real-time tactile sensing system with a reduced number of fiber Bragg grating-based sensors and reports its use with a reconstruction method based on differential evolution. The sensing system is
Marcia Muller +4 more
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Recent Advances in Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Integrated Photonics
Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.This review systematically surveys recent advances in stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) within integrated photonics. It begins by elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of stimulated coupling between photons and acoustic phonons in nanoscale waveguides, enhanced by the photoelastic and moving boundary effects.
Songyue Liu +8 more
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A multi-point heart rate monitoring using a soft wearable system based on fiber optic technology
Scientific Reports, 2021 Early diagnosis can be crucial to limit both the mortality and economic burden of cardiovascular diseases. Recent developments have focused on the continuous monitoring of cardiac activity for a prompt diagnosis.
Daniela Lo Presti +5 more
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