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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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A three port resonant solid state transformer with minimized circulating reactive currents in the high frequency link

, 2016
Multi-port dc-ac and dc-dc converters are of great interest for applications where electricity is generated through a variety of energy sources and where energy storage systems are required.
Vilathgamuwa, D. Mahinda, Marc Hiller, Malan, Wynand L., D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, Geoffrey R. Walker, Walker, Geoffrey R., Wynand L. Malan, Hiller, Marc   +7 more
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A State‐Adaptive Koopman Control Framework for Real‐Time Deformable Tool Manipulation in Robotic Environmental Swabbing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a state‐adaptive Koopman linear quadratic regulator framework for real‐time manipulation of a deformable swab tool in robotic environmental sampling. By combining Koopman linearization, tactile sensing, and centroid‐based force regulation, the system maintains stable contact forces and high coverage across flat and inclined surfaces.
Siavash Mahmoudi, Amirreza Davar, Dongyi Wang   +2 more
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Soft-switching solid-state transformer for traction applications

, 2020
Conventionally, power converters in traction systems interface with the medium-voltage (MV) catenary through a low-frequency transformer (LFT) operating at 16.7 Hz/50 Hz/60 Hz.
Han, Xiangyu
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Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu, Chunlong Wang, Xiaohang Sun, Hongwei Guo, Jiayao Ma, Yan Chen   +5 more
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LLM‐Integrated Human–Robot Interaction System for Microrobots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This paper proposes an LLM‐based control framework for guiding microrobots using human natural language. This framework can convert the natural human speech into safe and executable command sets for reliable navigation in complex environments. The experimental results show high accuracy and robustness in task performance, demonstrating the potential of
Bairong Zhu, Amar Salehi, Tingting Yu
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A Novel High Power Factor and Soft Switching SAB-SWISS Rectifier With High-Low-High-Low Modulation and Hybrid Frequency Control

A novel SWISS rectifier based on single active bridge converter (SAB-SR) is proposed. The high-low-high-low (HLHL) voltage waveform modulation to realize soft-switching for the power switches and the hybrid frequency control scheme to achieve high power ...
Shaojun Xie, Lingjuan Tan, Bo Zeng, Ziwen Yang, Shi Yan   +4 more
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Small Scale Utility-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Power Conditioner using Soft Switching High-Frequency Sinewave Modulated Inverter Link for Residential Applications [PDF]

, 2002
The utility-interfaced sinewave modulated inverter for the solar photovoltaic power conversion conditioning and processing with a high frequency transformer isolated AC link is presented for residential applications.
Ogura, Koki, 平木, 英治, Chandhaket, Srawouth, Hirota, Yoshihiko, 中岡, 睦雄   +4 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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