A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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An investigation of broadband optical nonlinear absorption and transient nonlinear refraction in a fluorenone-based compound. [PDF]
RSC Adv, 2021 Wu X +9 more
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Analysis of pattern dynamics for a nonlinear model of the human cortex via bifurcation theories
, 2014 This thesis examines the bifurcations, i.e., the emergent behaviours, for the Waikato cortical model under the influence of the gap-junction inhibitory diffusion D₂ (identified as the Turing bifurcation parameter) and the time-to-peak for hyperpolarising
Wang, Kaier
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Beam Deflection Measurement of Time and Polarization Resolved Nonlinear Refraction
, 2013 We modify the photothermal beam deflection technique to study ultrafast optical nonlinearities. We measure the temporal and polarization dynamics of nonlinear refraction with sensitivity of λ/5500 while separating the isotropic and reorientational ...
Manuel R. Ferdinandus +10 more
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Measurements of nonlinear refractive index in scattering media
Optics Express, 2010 We have recently developed a spectral re-shaping technique to simultaneously measure nonlinear refractive index and nonlinear absorption. In this technique, the information about the nonlinearities is encoded in the frequency domain, rather than in the spatial domain as in the conventional Z-scan method.
Samineni, Prathyush +3 more
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Continuum Mechanics Modeling of Flexible Spring Joints in Surgical Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A new mechanical model of a tendon‐actuated helical extension spring joint in surgical robots is built using Cosserat rod theory. The model can implicitly handle the unknown contacts between adjacent coils and numerically predict spring shapes from straight to significantly bent under actuation forces.
Botian Sun +3 more
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Regularised Anisotropic Nonlinear Diffusion for Rendering Refraction in Volume Graphics
, 2005 Rendering refraction in volume graphics requires smoothly distributed normals to synthesise good quality visual representations. Such refractive visualisation is more susceptible to noise in the data than visualisations that do not involve refraction. In
Rodgman, David, Chen, Min
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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 +4 more
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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2017 Residual stress has significant influence on the performance of mechanical components, and the nondestructive estimation of residual stress is always a difficult problem.
Yu-Hua Zhang +5 more
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Beam Deflection For Time-Resolved Measurement Of Nonlinear Refraction
, 2013 We modify the photothermal beam deflection technique for the sensitive measurement of ultrafast nonlinear refraction (λ/5000 sensitivity to nonlinearly-induced phase changes).
Ferdinandus, Manuel R. +4 more
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