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Design and Characterization of a Dual‐Mode Soft Robotic Flapping Propeller With Pneumatic Stiffness Modulation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A novel soft robotic propeller overcomes traditional efficiency‐flexibility tradeoffs via a hybrid pneumatic‐cable actuation strategy. This architecture enables active stiffness modulation with dual‐mode locomotion: tunable biomimetic swimming and earthworm‐inspired wriggling for confined spaces.
Jiazi Geng, Hua Shao, Yiyang Li, Lin Liang, Jinfeng Yang, Xianhong He, Fengran Xie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization and Selection of Contractile Actuators for Soft Robotics Operating in the Quasistatic Regime

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
We developed methods to characterize soft contractile actuators using force–displacement measurements in the passive state and the total force in the active state and define the operational range of thermal, electrothermal, and pneumatic muscles. A graphical method enables the selection of an actuator based on the required mechanical force–displacement
Qiong Wang, Liuyang Cheng, Jeongmin Kim, Samuel Tsai, Devin Roach, Sameh Tawfick   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A dynamic simulation approach to optimize thrust regulation in electric pump-fed rocket engines. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Li T, He H, Yu N, Sun X, Cai G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Stochastic Locomotion Emerging From Body–Environment Interactions in a Mexican Jumping Bean–Inspired Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Inspired by the Mexican jumping bean, this study presents a centimeter‐scale, electronics‐free robot that merges principles from both the animal and plant kingdoms. A thermo‐responsive actuator mimicking larval motion, enclosed within a uniquely shaped plant‐seed‐inspired shell, generates jumping, rolling, flipping, sliding, and climbing through ...
Ragesh Chellattoan, Alessio Mondini, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Barbara Mazzolai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Bioinspired Underwater Soft Robot for Active Intravesical Liquid Delivery and Mixing

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A bioinspired underwater soft robot is reported that integrates an elastic strain energy‐driven soft robotic pump with a programmable flexible magnetic valve, enabling remotely controlled, programmable, and sustained liquid release and mixing. This functionality is enabled by the synergistic integration of elastic strain energy‐driven pumping and ...
Jacob Katona, Sage Bernstein, Boyang Xiao, Amie Zhang, Ellen Lu, Evan Ticknor, Jeffrey J. Tosoian, Xiaoguang Dong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preparation Technology, Reactivity and Applications of Nano-Aluminum in Explosives and Propellants: A Review. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel)
Guo H, Zhang W, Pang W.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review on Additive Manufacturing of Smart Components: Technologies, Applications, and Future Scope

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
How can additive manufacturing enable components that sense, adapt, heal, and power themselves? This review synthesizes recent advances in smart functionalities, manufacturing technologies, and intelligent design strategies, revealing a pathway toward fully integrated, autonomous, and multifunctional systems across diverse engineering sectors. Additive
Aiswarya Rony, P. M. Ushasree, Michael Short, Jinoop Arackal Narayanan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sidechain Modulation of Responsive Metal‐Organic Framework Pore Chirality for Enhanced Enantioseparation

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
[Zn2(L‐ValPyr)2] is a chiral and flexible metal‐organic framework that places the isopropyl sidechains of L‐valine inside the pores, creating accessible space in the shape of a three‐blade propeller. The framework adapts its structure to position the substituted aromatic guests in its peripheral pockets through favorable interactions with the isopropyl
Luke A. Johnson, Laurence J. Kershaw Cook, Bhupendra P. Mali, Datta Markad, Nikos Panagiotou, Dmytro Antypov, Alexandros P. Katsoulidis, Matthew J. Rosseinsky   +7 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Orbital biomanufacturing: the key to space resiliency, operational persistence, and ethical sustainability. [PDF]

NPJ Microgravity
Younger AK.
europepmc   +1 more source

HeaTrace: A Parametric Design‐to‐Fabrication Workflow for Thermally Programmable Soft Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A programmable thermal actuation workflow enables soft robots to be designed and fabricated with embedded heaters that drive multiple responses. By combining performance‐driven heater design with multimaterial fabrication, the system supports thermally triggered shape change, stiffness tuning, and thermochromic visual response, as demonstrated through ...
Naresh Kumar Thanigaivel, Thileepan Stalin, Elgar Kanhere, Aby Raj Plamootil Mathai, Konstantin Sakharov, Yong Lin, Hirusha Madhuwantha Loku Hettige, Gumawang Hiramandala, Shlomo Magdassi, Pablo Valdivia Y Alvarado   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source