Probabilistic analysis of water-sealed performance in underground oil storage considering spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Zhang H +6 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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Theoretical and numerical study of contaminant transport in clayey barriers using a revised numerical model considering the dependency of membrane efficiency and hydraulic conductivity on solute concentration. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Sadeghi H, Hedayati-Azar A.
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3D‐Nanoprinted Fluidically Steerable Soft Robotic Microcatheters
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work introduces a ∼3‐French (1 mm‐in‐diameter) soft robotic microcatheter fabricated by means of two‐photon direct laser writing. The 3D‐printed microcatheter enables remote, on‐demand steering via microfluidic actuation for guidewire‐free navigation of vascular networks as well as microcatheter‐mediated delivery of fluidic payloads to target ...
Bailey M. Felix +17 more
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A New Method for Inversion of Dam Foundation Hydraulic Conductivity Using an Improved Genetic Algorithm Coupled with an Unsaturated Equivalent Continuum Model and Its Application. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Peng J, Shen Z, Xu L, Gan L, Tan J.
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin +3 more
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Canopy nitrogen addition enhance the photosynthetic rate of canopy species by improving leaf hydraulic conductivity in a subtropical forest. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Wu G, Chen D, Zhou Z, Ye Q, Wu J.
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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Evolution of Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Compacted Na-Bentonite under Confined Condition-Including the Microstructure Effects. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 Chen T, Du M, Yao Q.
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A Plug‐and‐Play Volume Minimizing Micromixer
Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Microscale fluid mixing has numerous applications where rapid and efficient mixing is required, including drug discovery, bio‐analysis and point‐of‐care diagnostics. Conventional soft lithography processes, however, make the integration of robust and reliable mixing difficult to implement in practice, especially across different flow rates ...
Kirill Kolesnik +3 more
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