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Space Suit and Portable Life Support System Center of Gravity Influence on Astronaut Kinematics, Exertion and Efficiency

open access: yes, 2017
Siddharth Sridhar, University of Cincinnati, USAEric Stetz, BAE Systems, USAShane McFarland, MEI Technologies/Johnson Space Center (JSC), USAGrant Schaffner, Stress Engineering Services Inc., USAICES400: Extravehicular Activity: Space SuitsThe 47th ...
Stetz, Eric   +3 more
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A Self‐Healing Permanent Magnet Putty for Soft Robot Skins With Force Sensing and Functional Recovery

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Permanent magnet putty (PMP) integrates high‐coercivity NdFeB particles with a dynamic polyborosiloxane–Ecoflex matrix, achieving rapid self‐healing (90% mechanical recovery in 10 s) and magnetic recovery within 20 min. With twice the sensitivity of commercial putties, PMP enables precise 5–30 N force detection and discrimination between pressing and ...
Ruotong Zhao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lunar Balance and Locomotion

open access: yes, 2008
Balance control and locomotor patterns were altered in Apollo crewmembers on the lunar surface, owing, presumably, to a combination of sensory-motor adaptation during transit and lunar surface operations, decreased environmental affordances associated ...
Paloski, William H.
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Robotic Control for Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Based on Digital Human Model and Reinforcement Learning

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a robotic control method for human–robot collaborative assembly based on a biomechanics‐constrained digital human model. Reinforcement learning is used to generate physiologically plausible human motion trajectories, which are integrated into a virtual environment for robot control learning.
Bitao Yao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The human body in a microgravity environment: long term adaptations and countermeasures

open access: yes, 2013
Gravity has had a profound effect on human evolutionary development, shaping not only its mechanical dynamics but also its supporting mechanisms, including the cardiovascular, neural and musculoskeletal systems, which on exposure to microgravity undergo ...
Carvil, Phil   +2 more
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Commercial Fisherman Presumed Drowned After Fishing Vessel Capsized\u2013Alaska [NIOSH in-house report]]

open access: yes
The case of a 30-year-old commercial fisherman who presumably drowned after the vessel on which he was working capsized was reviewed. The vessel and the three men on board had been crabbing for 9 days. The victim was a shareholding crewman who had fished

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Efficient and Robust Standing Postures of Quadruped Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A calibrated static framework estimates load, optimizes torques, and adapts posture so quadruped robots stand efficiently and robustly under external payloads, achieving up to 50% lower torque demand. Inspired by the natural posture adjustments of animals under external loading, this article presents an optimization‐based framework for minimizing joint
Mohamad Kanaan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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