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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploiting a centrally powered coherent microcomb for lightweight optical transmission. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Han J, Yan G, Li K, Shen B, Shu H, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Xiao J, Wu Y, Chang H, Cai C, Zhang X, Wang X, Wang J.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultra-wideband optical diffractive network for mode multiplexing across the entire telecommunication range. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Kong A, Ren J, Wang K, Yu Y, Lin R, Wang C, Long J, Pang F, Chen X, Yan X, Wang Z, Liu B, Lei T, Yuan X.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Multiparameter Fiber-Optic Distributed Sensing Techniques for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature, Strain, and Environmental Effects. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Turov A, Fotiadi A, Korobko D, Panyaev I, Belokrylov M, Barkov F, Konstantinov Y, Kambur D, Sakhabutdinov A, Qaid M.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Multi-Core Fiber for Submarine Optical Communications

The Review of Laser Engineering
openaire   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Highlighting Recent Progress in Fiber Energy Harvesters: From Working Principles to Future Perspectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Fiber energy harvesters offer unprecedented flexibility and a unique capacity for integration into commercial textiles, overcoming the limitations of bulky and rigid conventional devices. This review summarizes recent advances in fiber‐based energy harvesting and provides strategic outlooks to accelerate technological progress in the field. ABSTRACT As
Hanhwi Jang, Junseong Ahn, Yongrok Jeong, Sohee Jeon, Soon Hyoung Hwang, Min‐Wook Oh, Jun‐Ho Jeong, Inkyu Park, Yeon Sik Jung   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the Influence of Macro-Bending Loss in Single-Mode Optical Fibers on OFDR Signal Quality. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Qu X, Ma F, Zhao S, Yang L, Wu Z, Chen B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source