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A Biomimetic Flapping Mechanism for Insect Robots Driven by Indirect Flight Muscles
BiomimeticsInsect flight mechanisms are highly efficient and involve complex hinge structures that facilitate amplified wing movement through thoracic deformation.
Yuma Shiokawa +2 more
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Curvy surface conformal ultra-thin transfer printed Si optoelectronic penetrating microprobe arrays [PDF]
, 2018 Penetrating neural probe arrays are powerful bio-integrated devices for studying basic neuroscience and applied neurophysiology, underlying neurological disorders, and understanding and regulating animal and human behavior.
Li, Yanbin +4 more
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Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong +4 more
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Attitude dynamics simulation subroutines for systems of hinge-connected rigid bodies with nonrigid appendages [PDF]
Three computer subroutines designed to solve the vector-dyadic differential equations of rotational motion for systems that may be idealized as a collection of hinge-connected rigid bodies assembled in a tree topology, with an optional flexible appendage
Fleischer, G. E., Likins, P. W.
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Thin film solar cell inflatable ultraviolet rigidizable deployment hinge [PDF]
, 2010 A flexible inflatable hinge includes curable resin for rigidly positioning panels of solar cells about the hinge in which wrap around contacts and flex circuits are disposed for routing power from the solar cells to the power bus further used for ...
Day, Jonathan Robert +9 more
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Fully Wireless and Flexible Valves for Multiplexed and Prolonged Intravesical Liquid Release
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A fundamental mechanism for the simultaneous control of multiple magnetic valves is reported in a miniature soft robotic patch for intravesical drug delivery, enabling fully wireless and programmable liquid release. Integrated with a bioadhesive interface and induction‐coupling‐based liquid volume sensing, the soft robotic patch is promising to enable ...
Boyang Xiao +5 more
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Jixie chuandong, 2019 A micro-displacement transmission mechanism with giant magnetostrictive actuator (GMA) as the driving unit is designed, which uses lever-type flexure hinge for displacement commutation and amplification.
Xu Bin Wang Chuanli Yu Caofeng Xie Tian
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Dynamic analysis of flexible mechanical systems using LATDYN [PDF]
A 3-D, finite element based simulation tool for flexible multibody systems is presented. Hinge degrees-of-freedom is built into equations of motion to reduce geometric constraints.
Chang, Che-Wei +2 more
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Nucleation-free $3D$ rigidity [PDF]
, 2013 When all non-edge distances of a graph realized in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ as a {\em bar-and-joint framework} are generically {\em implied} by the bar (edge) lengths, the graph is said to be {\em rigid} in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$.
Cheng, Jialong +2 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review provides an overview of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)–based biomedical applications by classifying studies into electronic and ionic systems across attachable and implantable platforms. It summarizes key material choices, device structures, and working mechanisms that characterize current TENG‐based research, and outlines six future ...
Kyongtae Choi +12 more
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