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This article introduces a soft wearable eyelid sling device incorporating a hydraulic soft artificial muscle (SAM) for achieving complete closure of an eyelid. The SAM is driven by a cam mechanism that provides a displacement profile closely matched with those of a healthy eyelid.
Patrick Pruscino +7 more
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Embedded cracks in brittle solids induced by laser-medium interaction (3D-ILC)
The research of fracture mechanics is based on physical experiments, which mainly deal with the specimen containing cracks and defaults. Since surface cracks and penetrated cracks are relatively easy to make and observe, the theoretical study on fracture
WANG Hai-jun 1,2, ZHANG Jiu-dan 3, REN Ran 4, TANG Lei 1,2, ZHONG Ling-wei 3
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Experimental research on bonding mechanical performance of the interface between cementitious layers
Interfaces of cementitious layers have widely existed in construction projects, and they are the weakest part of the whole building. In this article, laser scanning and ultrasonic pulse, splitting tensile, and semi-disc fracture tests were carried out to
Qin Xi, Xu Qianjun, Li Jiazheng
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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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Purpose: to perform a hydraulic analysis of the flow in a flume under forced water flow; to draw conclusions about the discrepancy between the obtained parameters and current regulations and to justify the adopted flume design solutions to ensure the ...
Igor G. Litunovskiy +1 more
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Foundation Technology Development Of Hydraulic Structure On Peat Soil
Many hydraulic structures in Indonesia are built on peat soil, especially in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua. This soil has bad geotechnical characteristic for building foundation, because its low of shear strength, high potential of land subsidence and ...
Mahdi Ibrahim Tanjung +2 more
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Numerical modelling of tides and tsunami waves propagation
Modelling of tides and tsunami waves propagation is important problem for the hydraulic engineering practice since it allows to predict characteristics of these phenomena (load, values of run up and flooding zones, propagation times to structures and so ...
Vitaly Klimovich +3 more
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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir +4 more
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