Tri‐WOB: A Bistability‐Driven Variable Stiffness Origami Structure for Soft Robotic Arms
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Inherent bistability in Waterbomb origami enables the Tri‐WOB to switch between compliant and stiff states. By stacking multiple modules, the robotic arm maintains stiffness without continuous energy input while achieving large contraction, free morphing, and load‐bearing/transportation capability.
Lingchen Kong, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao
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Research on the Axial Compression Performance of Double C-Section Partially Encased Composite Columns. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Zhou M, Qin L, Wen X, Wang F, Weng G.
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Dimple‐Encoded Reprogrammable Origami
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Local snap‐through of bistable dimples turns flat elastic sheets into reprogrammable origami structures. Interaction‐guided dimple arrays act as angle‐programmable hinge bands, enabling one sheet to morph into distinct polygonal and three‐dimensional configurations while retaining stable shapes for deployable and protective functions.
Qun Zhang +6 more
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Mechanical Behavior of a Reinforced Hourglass Lattice Structure. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Liu C +7 more
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Chiral Morphing of Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This paper reviews how macroscopic chirality spontaneously arises from liquid crystal polymer materials. It describes how alignment is utilized to create the mechanical anisotropy, geometric misorientation and asymmetry that leads to chiral shape morphing, how shape selection between helicoids and helices arises, the techniques used to prepare these ...
Laurens T. de Haan
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Mechanics of Long-Shank 5 mm Neural Probe Insertion into the Rat Brain: Effects of Geometry and Vibration-Assisted Insertion. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel)Khajehzadeh M +6 more
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Neuromorphic Devices and Computing for Sensing, Memory, and Control
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review introduces neuromorphic devices made from diverse materials. These devices mimic neuronal functions and architectures and, when integrated with artificial or biological computing, can form closed loops with neurons for pressure, optical, acoustic, and biochemical sensing and modulation.
Zhengguang Zhu +2 more
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Failure Mechanisms and Changes in Load-Bearing Capacity of Sinusoidal Corrugated Girders Under Fatigue and Static Loading. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Śledziewski K, Górecki M.
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Origami has inspired numerous soft deployable mechanisms for safe human‐robot interaction, while its intrinsic kinematic instability at arbitrary configurations limited their practical robotic application. This work presents a 3D printed meter‐scale origami robotic actuator capable of load‐bearing deformation through creaseline stiffness modulation.
Sung Yol Yu +5 more
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Stochastic Mechanical Response and Failure Mode Transition of Corroded Buried Pipelines Subjected to Reverse Faulting. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Li T, Yu K, Hu Y, Wu R, Yang Y, Liu F.
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