Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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A flexible, skin‐integrated electromagnetic actuator is developed for wearable virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) haptic systems. A tunable design model enables control over displacement and resonance frequency. The system is validated through a custom VR application with a 6 × 4 actuator array, demonstrating real‐time, spatially targeted tactile ...
Naji Tarabay +9 more
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Design and development of the redundant launcher stabilization system for the Atlas 2 launch vehicle [PDF]
The Launcher Stabilization System (LSS) is a pneumatic/hydraulic ground system used to support an Atlas launch vehicle prior to launch. The redesign and development activity undertaken to achieve an LSS with increased load capacity and a redundant ...
Nakamura, M.
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Light detection instrument Patent [PDF]
Detection instrument for light emitted from ATP biochemical ...
Chappelle, E. W., Hoffman, D. G.
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod +14 more
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Properties Analysis of Hydraulic PTO Output Fluctuation Regulating Based on Accumulator
Hydraulic power take-off (PTO) is increasingly favored as energy regulation and transmission system in wave energy converters (WEC), significantly smoothing the inherent randomness and fluctuation of wave energy. This paper designed a novel hydraulic PTO
Han Jia +3 more
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Dynamic models for simulation of the 70-M antenna axis servos [PDF]
Dynamic models for the various functional elements of the 70 m antenna axis servos are described. The model representing the digital position controller, the linear and nonlinear properties of the physical hardware, and the dynamics of the flexible ...
Hill, R. E.
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A comparison of circuit training and high intensity interval training for population health [PDF]
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityIn the fast-paced lifestyle of modern-day society, people often feel overwhelmed by their list of things to do. It is no surprise then that a lot of people claim that they have "no time" to exercise.
Chan, Elizabeth
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Machine‐Learning Microfluidic Minute‐Scale Microorganism Metrics Monitoring(M6)
ABSTRACT On‐site monitoring of microorganisms remains challenging because of low concentrations, strong background interference, and dynamic aerosol diffusion, particularly for aerosol‐transmitted pathogens. Here, we report a rapid detection platform that integrates a Puri‐focusing microfluidic chip, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and ...
Ning Yang +14 more
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