Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir +4 more
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A Dosimetric Reappraisal of the Photobiomodulation Literature Assessing Animal Safety and Phototoxicity Evidence for Photobiomodulation in Oncology: Phantom Dangers. [PDF]
Cronshaw M +5 more
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This review maps the methods to monitor robots’ health by fusing vibration, sound, control signals, vision, force, and oil information with artificial intelligence. It identifies deep learning, transfer learning, digital twins, and physics‐informed models as key methodological pathways enabling earlier diagnosis, safer human–robot collaboration, and ...
Yuting Qiao +6 more
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Lightweight and High-Strength Sandwich Panels: Materials, Core Architectures, Manufacturing, Mechanical Performance, Multifunctionality and Future Perspectives. [PDF]
Tang Y +5 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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Research Progress and Applications of Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Composites for Antibacterial Hemostatic Dressings. [PDF]
Zhao J +13 more
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This review highlights recent advances in material extrusion 3D printing of self‐healing polymers, focusing on the interplay between material chemistry, rheology, hardware customization, and process optimization. Filament‐ and ink‐based extrusion strategies, multimaterial architectures, and postprocessing approaches are discussed for applications in ...
Antonio Pavone +2 more
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Improving Sound Absorption Properties Using 3D-Printed ASA Concentric Tubular Structures with Intermediate Lattice Inserts. [PDF]
Vasina M, Monkova K, Vodilka A.
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Flexible Sensors for Robotics Tactile Perception: A Review
Flexible tactile sensing for robotics is reviewed through four interconnected dimensions. Physical mechanisms include piezoresistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, triboelectric, iontronic, and optical sensing. Structural design includes bioinspired, defect‐based, and MEMS‐based tactile systems.
Yu Song, Ying Chen, Yihao Chen, Xue Feng
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Study on energy absorption characteristics of EFFC-filled thin-walled metallic square tube rigid-flexible coupled body. [PDF]
Wang J +5 more
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