The interest of the aerospace industries in structural health and usage monitoring systems is continuously increasing. Among the techniques available in literature those based on Fibre Bragg Grating sensors are much promising thanks to their ...
Paolo Bettini +2 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics
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 +5 more
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Rouard's method as a modelling tool for the sensing characteristics of complex fibre Fabry-Perot interferometers formed between chirped fibre Bragg gratings [PDF]
Phase and spectral response characteristics of fibre Fabry-Perot interferometers (FFPI), formed between linearly chirped fibre Bragg gratings (FBG), were theoretically modelled using Rouard's method.
Ralph P. Tatam +5 more
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges
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 +3 more
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In this paper, we present the development and testing of an optical-based sensor for monitoring the corrosion of reinforcement rebar. The testing was carried out using an 80% etched-cladding Fibre Bragg grating sensor to monitor the production of ...
Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan +3 more
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Comparison of Analytical Model of Springback Angle of Composite Plate with Measurement with and without Recrystallization Effect [PDF]
Presented paper deals with comparison of two measurements done in our lab to achieve the value of the springback angle of composite plate with single curvature. Plate consists of carbon fiber and PPS matrix.
Zdeněk PADOVEC +2 more
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery
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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Intrinsic Fabry-Perot Sensors for Magnetic Field Detection
Within the context of ensuring stable nuclear fusion, it is important to monitor and control a number of parametersincluding the magnetic field associated with plasma circulation.
Broadway Christian +4 more
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A polarisation maintaining fibre Bragg grating interrogation system for multi- axis strain sensing [PDF]
Fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) written into polarisation maintaining (PM) fibres have been employed for multi-axis strain and temperature sensing. In this paper we report the development of a FBG interrogation system that is capable of detecting ...
Steven E. Staines +7 more
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Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice
The hyper‐redundant nature of continuum robot structures enables near‐infinite degrees of freedom leading to immense potential for medical applications. This review provides a historical background of continuum robots and novel ideas shaping their progress to current structural design, sensing technology, modeling techniques, and control methods.
Griffin Smith +6 more
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