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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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Rapid photo‐responsive dynamic disulfide strategy for accessing self‐healing, reconfigurable shape of high‐strength shape memory polyurethane

Responsive Materials
Enabling soft shape memory polyurethane (SMPU) with self‐healing is an effective strategy to extend its service life; however, the tradeoff between high mechanical strength and rapid self‐healing to meet the practical applications remains a challenge ...
Qingxiang Zhang, Jing Yang, Kai Zhou, Nan Zhang, Xianqiang Pei, Xinrui Zhang, Shoubing Chen, Heming Luo, Tingmei Wang, Qihua Wang, Yaoming Zhang   +10 more
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Dynamic covalent chemistries of thermosetting polymer for recyclability and intelligent lubrication

Friction
Recently, the focus of materials research has shifted toward intelligent materials and structures with customizable properties and stimulus-responsive functions.
Qihua Wang, Nan Zhang, Xinrui Zhang, Liming Tao, Yaoming Zhang, Zenghui Yang, Tingmei Wang   +6 more
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Lubricant and Lubricant Additives

, 2021
Lubricants have been used by humans for thousands of years in their simple machines such as wheel-axle bearings and sledges. Modern machines are much more complicated and are composed of many different machine elements which are in relative motion under varying loads, speeds and temperatures.
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Next‐Generation Water Treatment With Molybdenum Disulfide: Dual‐Functionality in Pollutant Adsorption and Photocatalysis

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted attention as a promising material due to the growing demand for environmentally friendly, cost‐effective, and efficient water treatment techniques. With its physicochemical characteristics, this stratified bidimensional material allows it to be highly effective in adsorption and catalytic performance ...
Pariksha Bishnoi, Gunjan Chauhan, Phil Hart, Samarjeet Singh Siwal, Vijay Kumar Thakur   +4 more
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Soft Robotic Excretory Care Simulator for Nursing Education: Functional and Perceptual Biomimetics Approach

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa, Sota Suzuki, Shizuka Watanabe, Zebing Mao, Young Ah Seong, Toshinori Fujie, Tatsuhiro Horii, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroyuki Nabae, Shingo Maeda   +10 more
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A Proof‐of‐Concept Assessment of a Novel Wearable Eyelid Muscle Device: A Pre‐Clinical Animal Cadaver Study for Eyelid Closure Restoration

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
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, Phuoc Thien Phan, James Davies, Bibhu Sharma, Tianruo Guo, Chi Cong Nguyen, Nigel H. Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +7 more
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Diamond and diamond-like carbon for tribology and corrosion protection: a retrospective review

Functional Diamond
Diamond and diamond-like carbon (DLC) films serve as cornerstone materials in surface engineering for tribology and corrosion protection. Diamond films, synthesized via chemical vapor deposition, offer exceptional hardness, thermal conductivity, and ...
Chenglong Mou, Li Zhang, Zhengyu Liu, Xueqian Cao, Fu Wang, Guangan Zhang, Yongqing Fu, Qunji Xue   +7 more
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Exploring the friction and wear behaviors of Ag-Mo hybrid modified thermosetting polyimide composites at high temperature

Friction, 2019
Polyimide composites have been extensively used as motion components under extreme conditions for their thermal stability and special self-lubricating performance.
Chunjian Duan, Ren He, Song Li, Mingchao Shao, Rui Yang, Liming Tao, Chao Wang, Ping Yuan, Tingmei Wang, Qihua Wang   +9 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
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