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A kinematic analysis of the hand function

, 2014
Background\ud \ud The evaluation of the hand function is an essential element within the clinical practice. The usual assessments are focus on the ability to perform activities of daily life.
Martin-Martin, J., J. Martin-Martin, A. I. Cuesta-Vargas, Cuesta-Vargas, A.I.   +3 more
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FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a type of inflatable fabric‐based kirigami actuator capable of performing bending motion. The actuator is utilized as soft grippers, a crawling robot and a swimming robot. The crawling robot demonstrated extraordinary motion capabilities, such as moving forward, turning and navigating a narrow tunnel.
Yang Yu, Yupei Zhang, Yanqi Yin, Yehui Wu, Jinyao Zhang, Ruiyu Bai, Jiaqiang Yao, Kewei Su, Chenyi Yu, Zhicheng Tian, Naipeng Li, Zhuang Zhang, Bo Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing PNEUMA: A Hybrid Soft Pneumatic Fabric Bidirectional Actuation Module for Wearable Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study presents a soft pneumatic fabric bidirectional actuation module (PNEUMA) capable of generating high torque in both bending directions within a single integrated architecture. PNEUMA achieves up to 50 Nm with reduced inflation volume and a lightweight design.
Odysseas Simatos, Nikolaos Charalampous, Panagiotis Polygerinos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dance of the thumbs (DOT): Kinematic characterization of digital intentions on the smartphone

reservedIn daily life, humans produce complex and subtle hand and finger movements, such as playing instruments or typing on keyboards. In recent decades, digital technologies, particularly smartphones with touchscreen interfaces, have become ubiquitous,
ROSAPEPE, ROBERTA
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Kinematic Analysis of Tennis Serve [PDF]

, 2013
Title: Kinematic Analysis of Tennis Serve. Objectives: To evaluate tennis serve realization in the selected performance category, to review speed of particular serve types and define the differences.
Havel, Michal
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Traction Force Microscopy for Viscoelastic Substrates: A Semi‐Analytical Method

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A semi‐analytical viscoelastic traction force microscopy framework is introduced for quantifying time‐resolved cell tractions on flat finite‐thickness substrates. The method generalizes elastic traction force microscopy to Generalized Maxwell materials, identifies when elastic approximations remain valid and, when they do not, shows that inferred ...
Adrià Villacrosa‐Ribas, Daniëlle C. A. Duffhues, Pim van den Bersselaar, Sarah Pragnere, Bart G. W. Groenen, Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva, Giuseppe Ciccone, Manuel Salmeron‐Sanchez, Carlijn V. C. Bouten, Jose J. Muñoz, Vito Conte   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transferable Deep Reinforcement Learning With Edge‐Contour‐Depth Fusion for Autonomous Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Navigation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents an anatomical landmark‐guided DRL framework for autonomous wireless capsule endoscopy navigation. Using a lightweight edge‐contour‐depth fusion module, it achieves over 97% coverage across diverse gastric anatomies. To ensure reliability, a two‐stage sim‐to‐real pipeline with an adaptive dynamic programming controller mitigates ...
Haoxuan Wu, Haitao Gao, Qingyang Liu, Sishen Yuan, Haiyang Fang, Mingwu Su, Baijia Liang, Yongzun Yang, Long Bai, Wenzhen Dong, Dihong Xie, Shijian Su, Jiewen Lai, Shing Shin Cheng, Zhen Li, Xiuli Zuo, Hongliang Ren   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concurrently Achieving 4.6 W/M2 and 120,000 Cyclability Enabled by Extendable Swing Arms in Rotational Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rotational energy harvesting device that successfully reconciles high power density with mechanical durability through a hybrid sliding‐and‐bouncing kinematic mechanism is reported. The success reported in our paper includes addressing a dilemma where enhanced electrical output comes at the cost of increased friction and wear, limiting the practical ...
Yihong Lin, Jiaming Zhou, In‐Yong Suh, Eunjong Kim, Kin Chiu Yip, Dae‐jin Kim, Jang‐Mook Jeong, Young‐Jun Kim, Jinyoung Jeon, Ju‐Hyuck Lee, Yoon‐Hwae Hwang, Sang‐Woo Kim, Dong‐Myeong Shin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Worm‐Inspired Origami Robot with Multimodal Locomotion for Adaptive Mobility in Complex Pipeline Environments

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An origami worm‐inspired robot achieves multimodal locomotion in confined pipelines through mechatronic integration that embeds actuation, control, and communication within each origami module. Large, reversible configuration and dimensional changes enable 25 gaits synthesized by a unified framework across peristaltic, inchworm, and wheel‐rolling modes
Qiwei Zhang, Kangning Tan, Zihan He, Hongsen Pang, Yanjie Wang, Hongbin Fang, Jian Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source