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Elimination of Necking and Aspect Ratio Dependence in Uniaxial Actuators by Continuous Fiber Reinforcement

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel carbon fiber reinforcement for dielectric elastomer actuators enhances actuation force while decoupling electromechanical performance from the actuator's aspect ratio. Unlike conventional fiber reinforcements, it enables a uniform planar stretch state along the entire actuator.
Markus Koenigsdorff, Stefania Konstantinidi, Anett Endesfelder, Petr Osipov, Johannes Mersch, E.‐F. Markus Vorrath, Martina Zimmermann, Yves Perriard, Gerald Gerlach   +8 more
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AI‐Powered Framework for Evaluating Drug Efficacy for Three‐Dimensional In Vitro Cancer Models in Robot‐Assisted Production

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An AI‐powered, robot‐assisted framework automatically produces, images, and analyzes 3D tumor spheroids to evaluate drug efficacy. Integrated modules handle spheroid formation, live/dead staining, brightfield imaging, and automated image analysis, including spheroid segmentation, viability and metrics to assess the drug treatment efficacy. The workflow
Dalia Mahdy, Jesus Nieves, Lukas Königer, Matthias Peindl, Fabio Erhard, Marc Möllmann, Anke Klingner, Markus Münig, Bibin Babu, Thomas Schwarz, Marco Metzger, Gudrun Dandekar, Maximiliane Wußmann, Jan Hansmann   +13 more
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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
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Poly(2-oxazoline)-Based Lipid Nanocapsules Containing Free Hydroxyl Group as Promising Alternative to Conventional PEG-Lipid Nanocapsules

ACS Omega
Stéphane Hoang, Tetiana Dumych, Solomiya Paryzhak, Véronique Montembault, Laurent Fontaine, Catherine Passirani, Patrick Saulnier, Oksana Krupka   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun, Jan Petrš, Omar Aloui, Dario Floreano   +3 more
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Textile Actuation Based on In‐Air Actuating Polypyrrole‐Based Tape Yarns for Wearable Soft Robotics: Toward On‐Body Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work reports on the actuation behavior of CP‐based polypyrrole/PVdF TYs soaked in electrolyte/ionic liquids and woven actuators where such TYs are integrated. These studies are important toward the creation of on‐body applications such as wearable soft robotics, where textiles offer many advantages such as increased force, integrated electrical ...
Carin Backe, Jose G. Martinez, Li Guo, Edwin W. H. Jager, Nils‐Krister Persson   +4 more
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rWTC‐MBTA Vaccine, Alone and Enhanced with Anti‐PD1, Elicits Immune Responses against CNS and Peripheral B‐Cell Lymphoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An autologous whole‐tumor‐cell vaccine (rWTC‐MBTA) is evaluated in murine CNS lymphoma. Subcutaneous vaccination activates dendritic cells, broadens T‐cell priming, and drives lymphocyte trafficking to brain tumors, producing durable tumor control. Longitudinal bioluminescence and adoptive‐transfer assays verify CNS engagement. Combination with anti‐PD‐
Yaping Zhang, Juan Ye, Mitchell Sun, Samik Chakraborty, Alex Valenzuela, Shuran Chen, Qingfeng Xue, Wenyu Shi, Karel Pacak, Herui Wang, Zhengping Zhuang   +10 more
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A 3D In Vitro Model of the Human Hepatobiliary Junction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A 3D human organoid platform reconstructs the hepatobiliary junction between primary adult hepatocytes and intrahepatic cholangiocytes. These adult hepatobiliary organoids (aHBOs) support directional bile transport from canaliculi to ductule‐like structures, enable quantitative imaging of junction dynamics, and reveal cell‐type‐specific vulnerabilities
Ashley D. Westerfield, Katarzyna A. Grzelak, Katie Katsuyama, Vardhman Kumar, Bess M. Miller, Joa Yun, Jesse Kirkpatrick, David Mankus, Margaret E. Bisher, Abigail K.R. Lytton‐Jean, Z. Gordon Jiang, David D. Lee, Christopher S. Chen, Sangeeta N. Bhatia   +13 more
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A Rare Allele of ST5 From Wild Rice Enhances Salt Tolerance in Rice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A novel salt‐tolerance gene ST5W, characterized by a unique 36‐bp promoter insertion, is found exclusively in a small subset of Oryza rufipogon and is absent in cultivated rice. Field trials confirm ST5W significantly enhances rice yield across diverse genetic backgrounds under saline conditions.
Meng Xing, Jingfen Huang, Qiaoling Yuan, Ziyi Yang, Yanyan Wang, Mingchao Zhao, Yamin Nie, Rui Xu, Hongge Qian, Wenxi Chen, Qiaoling Zhang, Qi Du, Leiyue Geng, Yapeng Li, Ziyi Chen, Shizhuang Wang, Like Lou, Haiyuan Peng, Chongke Zheng, Xianzhi Xie, Xiaoming Zheng, Lifang Zhang, Lianguang Shang, Jiaqiang Sun, Qian Qian, Qingwen Yang, Weihua Qiao   +26 more
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