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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

Weight lifting can facilitate appreciative comprehension for museum exhibits

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
Appreciation of exhibits in a museum can be equated to a virtual experience of lives in the contexts originally surrounding the exhibits. Here we focus on the importance of weight information, and hence tested whether experiencing a weight during museum ...
Yuki eYamada, Shinya eHarada, Wonje eChoi, Rika eFujino, Akinobu eTokunaga, YueYun eGao, Kayo eMiura   +6 more
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Stable Imitation of Multigait and Bipedal Motions for Quadrupedal Robots Over Uneven Terrains

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
How are quadrupedal robots empowered to execute complex navigation tasks, including multigait and bipedal motions? Challenges in stability and real‐world adaptation persist, especially with uneven terrains and disturbances. This article presents an imitation learning framework that enhances adaptability and robustness by incorporating long short‐term ...
Erdong Xiao, Yinzhao Dong, Ji Ma, Peng Lu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Recent Literature on Audio-Based Pseudo-Haptics

Applied Sciences
Immersive virtual learning environments (iVLEs), particularly serious games and virtual simulations, typically ignore psychomotor skills development, partly due to the difficulty and cost associated with accurately replicating touch.
Sandy Abdo, Bill Kapralos, KC Collins, Adam Dubrowski   +3 more
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Comparing Tactile to Auditory Guidance for Blind Individuals

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019
The ability to travel independently is crucial to an individual’s quality of life but compromised by visual impairment. Several navigational aids have been developed for blind people to address this limitation.
Arnav Bharadwaj, Saurabh Bhaskar Shaw, Daniel Goldreich, Daniel Goldreich   +3 more
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An AI‐Enabled All‐In‐One Visual, Proximity, and Tactile Perception Multimodal Sensor

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Targeting integrated multimodal perception of robots, an AI‐enabled all‐in‐one multimodal sensor is proposed. This sensor is capable of perceiving three types of modalities, including vision, proximity, and tactility. By toggling an ultraviolet light and adjusting the camera focus, it switches smoothly between multiple perceptual modalities, enabling ...
Menghao Pu, Tiyong Zhao, Lingxi Zhang, Chaoqun Han, Zhiping Chai, Yifan Zhou, Han Ding, Zhigang Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neural Efficiency of Human–Robotic Feedback Modalities Under Stress Differs With Gender

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019
Sensory feedback, which can be presented in different modalities – single and combined, aids task performance in human–robotic interaction (HRI). However, combining feedback modalities does not always lead to optimal performance.
Joseph K. Nuamah, Whitney Mantooth, Rohith Karthikeyan, Ranjana K. Mehta, Seok Chang Ryu   +4 more
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The effects of voluntary movements on auditory–haptic and haptic–haptic temporal order judgments

Acta Psychologica, 2012
In two experiments we investigated the effects of voluntary movements on temporal haptic perception. Measures of sensitivity (JND) and temporal alignment (PSS) were obtained from temporal order judgments made on intermodal auditory-haptic (Experiment 1) or intramodal haptic (Experiment 2) stimulus pairs under three movement conditions. In the baseline,
Frissen, Ilja, Ziat, Mounia, Campion, Gianni, Hayward, Vincent, Guastavino, Catherine   +4 more
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In Situ Photopolymerization of Smectic B Liquid‐Crystalline Electrolytes from Mesogenic Phosphate–Diacrylate/Ionic Liquid Complexes for High‐Performance Soft Ionic Actuators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A flexible liquid‐crystalline electrolyte membrane via in situ photopolymerization of a phosphate‐functionalized mesogen, ionic liquid, and diacrylate monomer is developed. The resulting smectic B (SmB)‐phase structure enables 2D ion transport with high conductivity (10−4 S cm−1).
Chengyang Liu, Masafumi Yoshio
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett, Maxwell Hammond, Niloufar Seyfi, Amirreza Fahim Golestaneh, Venanzio Cichella, Caterina Lamuta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source