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Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuator Matrix for Large Area Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A scalable approach is used to manufacture a digitally‐controllable, 2D 5 × 5 actuator matrix. The elements of the matrix are produced by direct ink writing of a liquid crystal elastomer ‘artificial muscle’ on large‐area flexible thin‐film heaters. In optimizing the low‐power actuators, multiple heater designs and substrate materials are investigated ...
Giulia Spallanzani, Bart Peeters, Danqing Liu, Peter Zalar, Hylke B. Akkerman, Jeroen A. H. P. Sol   +5 more
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Discussion on some coupled fixed point theorems

, 2013
Aydi, Hassen/0000-0003-4606-7211; KARAPINAR, ERDAL/0000-0002-6798-3254; Rajic, Vesna Cojbasic/0000-0002-4566-0147; , Hassen/0000-0003-3896-3809; Samet, Bessem/0000-0002-6769-3417In this paper, we show that, unexpectedly, most of the coupled fixed point ...
Bessem Samet, Karapinar, Erdal, Rajic, Vesna Cojbasic, Vesna Rajić, Aydi, Hassen, Samet, Bessem, Erdal Karapınar, Hassen Aydi   +7 more
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Continuum Mechanics Modeling of Flexible Spring Joints in Surgical Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A new mechanical model of a tendon‐actuated helical extension spring joint in surgical robots is built using Cosserat rod theory. The model can implicitly handle the unknown contacts between adjacent coils and numerically predict spring shapes from straight to significantly bent under actuation forces.
Botian Sun, Liang Zhang, Jianwen Zeng, Xuefeng Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fixed point theorems for generalized weakly contractive mappings [PDF]

Surveys in Mathematics and its Applications, 2009
In this paper several fixed point theorems for generalized weakly contractive mappings in a metric space setting are proved. The set of generalized weakly contractive mappings considered in this paper contains the family of weakly contractive mappings as
Ramendra Krishna Bose, Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury   +1 more
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Equivalents of maximum principles for several spaces

Topological Algebra and its Applications, 2022
According to our long-standing Metatheorem, certain maximum theorems can be equivalently reformulated to various types of fixed point theorems, and conversely.
Park Sehie
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Autonomous Navigation of Pollen‐Inspired Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A sunflower pollen‐inspired magnetic microrobot enables controlled rolling navigation in vessel‐like environments. Its open geometry reduces hydrodynamic drag, while vision‐based closed‐loop control, shortest‐path planning, and reinforcement learning support target‐reaching and maze navigation with microrobot‐scale accuracy, highlighting a route toward
Ali Anil Demircali, Abdurrahim Yilmaz, Meysam Keshavarz, Jinshi Zhao, Ara Darzi, Eric Yeatman, Burak Temelkuran   +6 more
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New Results and Generalizations for Approximate Fixed Point Property and Their Applications

Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2014
We first introduce the concept of manageable functions and then prove some new existence theorems related to approximate fixed point property for manageable functions and α-admissible multivalued maps. As applications of our results, some new fixed point
Wei-Shih Du, Farshid Khojasteh
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Coincidence and fixed point theorems for nonlinear hybrid generalized contractions [PDF]

, 1998
summary:In this paper we first prove some coincidence and fixed point theorems for nonlinear hybrid generalized contractions on metric spaces. Secondly, using the concept of an asymptotically regular sequence, we give some fixed point theorems for Kannan
Cho, Y. J., Pathak, H. K., Kang, S. M.
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source