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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

POINT-BY-POINT INSCRIPTION OF FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS INTO BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL FIBER THROUGH PROTECTIVE ACRYLATE COATING BY TI:SA FEMTOSECOND LASER

Научно-технический вестник информационных технологий, механики и оптики, 2016
The paper deals withpoint-by-point inscriptionof fiber Bragg gratings by the 800 nm Ti:Sa femtosecond laser pulses into a unique birefringent fiber with elliptical stress cladding of home manufacture.
S. V. Arkhipov, , M. Grehn, Варжель С. В., , S.V. Varzhel, E. Strigalev, V.N. Griga, H. J. Eichler   +5 more
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
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, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frequency response of underwater ultrasonic transducers in the near field using polarimetric polarization maintaining fiber sensors [PDF]

, 2010
Near-field ultrasonic response (50-2000 kHz) of an underwater 1-3 piezocomposite transducer is experimentally investigated using a polarimetric polarization maintaining fiber sensor.
Hayward, Gordon, Mcguire, Michelle, S. Gareth Pierce, Gordon Hayward, Michelle McGuire, Brian Culshaw, Pierce, Stephen, Gordon M. H. Flockhart, Bennecer, Abdeldjalil, Pierce, S Gareth, Bennecer, Abdeldjalil; id_orcid, Abdeldjalil Bennecer, Flockhart, Gordon M H, Culshaw, Brian, Flockhart, Gordon   +14 more
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Biosensing by Polymer-Coated Etched Long-Period Fiber Gratings Working near Mode Transition and Turn-around Point. [PDF]

Biosensors (Basel), 2023
Dey TK, Trono C, Biswas P, Giannetti A, Basumallick N, Baldini F, Bandyopadhyay S, Tombelli S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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, Ruxiang Jiang, Kaspar Althoefer, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phase controlled integrated interferometric single-sideband filter based on planar Bragg gratings implementing photonic Hilbert transform

, 2013
The first monolithically integrated all-optical single-sideband filter based on photonic Hilbert transform and planar Bragg gratings is proposed and experimentally demonstrated.
Smith, P.G.R., Rogers, Helen, Sima, Chaotan, Holmes, C., Gates, J.C., Zervas, M.N., Mennea, Paolo   +6 more
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High Sensitivity Cryogenic Temperature Sensors Based on Arc-Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2022
Ivanov OV, Caldas P, Rego G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Smart Nanotechnologies for Multimodal Neuromodulation and Brain Interfacing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Recent advances in smart nanotechnologies are expanding the toolbox for brain interfacing, from wireless neuromodulation and high‐resolution sensing to targeted delivery within the central nervous system. By combining responsive nanomaterials with bioinspired design, these platforms enable multimodal interactions with neurons and glia, while also ...
Tommaso Curiale, Marie Celine Lefevre, Alessio Carmignani, Maria Cristina Ceccarelli, Matteo Battaglini, Attilio Marino, Gianni Ciofani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of code reconfigurable fibre Bragg gratings for Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA) and Optical Packet Switching (OPS) Networks

, 2009
This thesis documents my work in the telecommunication system laboratory at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, towards the implementation of code reconfigurable OCDMA and all-optical packet switching nodes based on fibre Bragg grating (FBG) technology.
Tian, Chun
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