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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou   +4 more
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Helical motors and formins synergize to compact chiral filopodial bundles: A theoretical perspective

European Journal of Cell Biology
Chiral actin bundles have been shown to play an important role in cell dynamics, but our understanding of the molecular mechanisms which combine to generate chirality remains incomplete.
Ondrej Maxian, Alex Mogilner
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Improving Stability and Buckling Resistance of Self-Supporting Isotrussed Telecommunication Tower under Wind Load: An Evaluation According to TIA-222-G Standards [PDF]

Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering
Despite the growing demand for durable telecommunication infrastructure, tower stability and durability remain significant challenges. The self-supporting isotrussed telecommunication tower (SSITT) offers a promising solution, but its performance under ...
Mahamoudou Faharidine, Muhammad Aslam, Mohamed Moutuou Choufaikat   +2 more
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Double Helix Structure for Stable Flexural Actuation in Soft Robotics

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work introduces a double‐helical architecture for soft robotic actuators that enhances twisting resistance, increases output force, and minimizes undesired deformation. Actuators driven by shape‐memory alloy wires exhibit a roughly fivefold higher torsional/flexural stiffness ratio and 50% greater force output.
Louis Plottel, Richard Desatnik, Dinesh K. Patel, Philip LeDuc, Carmel Majidi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gate-defined Kondo lattices with valley-helical quantum dot arrays

SciPost Physics
Kondo physics and heavy-fermion behavior has been predicted and observed in moiré materials. The electric tunability of moiré materials allows an in-situ study of Kondo lattices' phase diagrams, which is not possible with their intermetallic counterparts.
Antonio L. R. Manesco
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Bronchoscopy Robot with Enhanced Flexibility and Stability via Multi‐Segment Variable Stiffness Catheter

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work presents a magnetic bronchoscopy robot with a novel multi‐segment variable stiffness catheter. This catheter can not only move flexibly in the narrow bronchi but also harden according to the need to provide support. Combined with remote wireless magnetic field drive, it provides a more precise and effective solution for biopsy of deep lung ...
Shucong Yin, Bin Huang, Shiyuan Dong, Junhao Wang, Liangshen Zhao, Yang Yang, Bingkun Bao, Hongen Liao, Fang Chen, Tianqi Huang, Boyu Zhang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization and Selection of Contractile Actuators for Soft Robotics Operating in the Quasistatic Regime

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
We developed methods to characterize soft contractile actuators using force–displacement measurements in the passive state and the total force in the active state and define the operational range of thermal, electrothermal, and pneumatic muscles. A graphical method enables the selection of an actuator based on the required mechanical force–displacement
Qiong Wang, Liuyang Cheng, Jeongmin Kim, Samuel Tsai, Devin Roach, Sameh Tawfick   +5 more
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Empirical Correlation of the Morphology of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes with Their Response to Axial Compression

Journal of Nanotechnology, 2014
The mechanical response of thirteen different helical multi-walled carbon nanocoils to axial compression is reported. Each nanocoil was attached to the apex of a cantilever probe tip; its dimensions and orientation relative to the tip apex were ...
Jabulani R. Barber, Jeffrey S. Boyles, Aldo A. Ferri, Lawrence A. Bottomley   +3 more
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Thermally Drawn Bioelectric Catheters: Enabling Proprioceptive Endovascular Navigation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work introduces a novel bioelectric navigation system eliminates the need for harmful fluoroscopy during endovascular surgeries. A bespoke 16‐electrode catheter is fabricated using rapid thermal drawing and laser micro‐machining. Paired with a real‐time tracking algorithm fusing vascular geometry detection and distance estimation, this technology ...
Alex Ranne, Heiko Maier, Jinshi Zhao, Songli Moey, Ayhan Aktas, Manik Chana, Burak Temelkuran, Nassir Navab, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena   +8 more
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Continuous and Large‐Scale: ELEANOR, the Soft Architected Arm Inspired by the Elephant Trunk

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A large‐scale, architected continuum robot inspired by the macroscopic properties of the African elephant trunk achieves adaptive elephant‐like movements and whole‐body grasping. The results demonstrate that designing from the natural system’s macroscopic properties, rather than prescribing behaviors, provides a powerful strategy for developing ...
Giovanna A. Naselli, Anderson B. Nardin, Seonggun Joe, Ryan Drinkwater, Enrico Donato, Diego Bianchi, Egidio Falotico, Michel C. Milinkovitch, Lucia Beccai   +8 more
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