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Development of Heat Engines Powered by Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber Actuators

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Continuously rotating engines driven by thermally responsive actuating materials can turn waste heat into useful energy. For the first time heat engines operated by twisted and coiled polymer fiber actuators are demonstrated with engine design guided by two simple analytical models.
Geoffrey M. Spinks, Burhan Bin Asghar Abbasi, Zhen Jiang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Fiber Material on Tribological Performance of Filament-Winding Composite Materials in a Water-Lubricated Environment. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Yu Y, Chen Z, Guo Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessment of interfacial friction angles of sand-structural materials [PDF]

S M Shazeebur Rahman, Matiur Rahman Raju, Md. Foisal Haque, Shahbo Rahman Sajib, Md. Humayun Kabir   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

Tunable Patterned Blue Phase Liquid Crystals Based on Lithographic Process Technology

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
A patterned blue phase liquid crystal device with electrically driven, localized bistability is demonstrated using a cost‐efficient photolithographic dual‐alignment process. The device switches between a high‐contrast patterned state and a uniform reflective state.
Jia‐Yu Cao, Ting‐Mao Feng, Duan‐Yi Guo, Liang‐Ying Wu, Aleksandra Neumann, Kamil Orzechowski, Chun‐Ta Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vision‐Assisted Avocado Harvesting with Aerial Bimanual Manipulation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work outlines the design and implementation of a bimanual aerial robot that employs visual perception and learning to detect, reach, and harvest avocados. A new gripper and fixer arm assembly is used to harvest avocados, while visual perception enables the detection of avocados and estimation of their position and orientation for determining ...
Zhichao Liu, Jingzong Zhou, Caio Mucchiani, Konstantinos Karydis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selected Properties of Composite Materials Used for Dental Fillings-Methodological Development and Preliminary Results. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Piotrowska K, Madej M, Wysokińska-Miszczuk J, Paulo M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Rigid to Soft Robotic Approaches for Neuroendoscopy

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robotic assistance has had minimal impact on deep intraventricular surgeries, where small‐scale, precision, and reduced invasiveness can contribute to improved patient outcomes. Emerging technologies in rigid, soft, and hybrid robotics are reviewed to identify the most promising mechanisms for deep brain navigation in addition to an attempt to identify
Kieran Gilday, Irena Zubak, Andreas Raabe, Josie Hughes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive model predictive control for robust lateral motion tracking of semi-autonomous vehicles with dynamic parameter variation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yeneneh K, Yoseph B, Sufe G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cohesion and Internal Friction Angle of Basalts in Jeju Island

, 2015
Soonbo YANG
openalex   +2 more sources

Recent Advances in Variable‐Stiffness Robotic Systems Enabled by Phase‐Change Materials

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Phase‐change materials (PCMs), such as shape memory alloys, hydrogels, shape memory polymers, liquid crystal elastomers, and low‐melting‐point alloys, are driving advancements in stiffness‐tunable robotic systems across a wide range of applications. This review highlights recent progress in PCM‐enabled robotics, focusing on their underlying mechanisms,
Sukrit Gaira, Liao Wu, Ming Li, Priyank Kumar, Xiaopeng Li, Shi‐Yang Tang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source