Synergistic Defect and Phase Boundary Engineering for Large Strain and Superior Low-Field Energy Storage in Bi<sub>0.5</sub>Na<sub>0.5</sub>TiO<sub>3</sub>-Based Relaxors. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Li H +8 more
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Modular, Textile‐Based Soft Robotic Grippers for Agricultural Produce Handling
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This article introduces textile‐based pneumatic grippers that transform simple textiles into robust bending actuators. Detailed experiments uncover how cut geometry and fabric selection shape performance. Successful handling of fragile agricultural items showcases the potential of textile robotics for safe, scalable automation in food processing and ...
Zeyu Hou +4 more
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An Electrohydrodynamic Phase-Field Model for Contact Angle Hysteresis in Electrowetting Pixels: Decoupling Physical Pinning and Charge Trapping. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel)Lu Q +8 more
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Bioinspired Soft‐Skeleton Robotics With Cooperative Shape Transformation and Stiffness Adaptation
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A bioinspired soft‐skeleton robot that integrates variable‐stiffness chain skeletons into a soft textile skin is developed. The chain skeletons are highly flexible initially but can stiffen upon pneumatic actuation, enabling large deformation and enhanced load‐bearing capacity.
Mengyuan Niu +5 more
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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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A Low-Cycle Fatigue Life Prediction Method for a Drive Shaft Considering the Effects of Loading and Strength Degradation. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Yang L +6 more
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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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A DTMOS-Based Memristor Emulator Circuit for Low-Power Biomedical Signal Conditioning. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel)Barraj I.
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder +3 more
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Strain-Engineered Phase Diagrams in (SrTiO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>8</sub>/(BaTiO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>8</sub> Superlattices: Toward Néel Skyrmions and Energy Storage. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Dan T +5 more
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