Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
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 hybrid 3D reconstruction method for rail transit equipment
In autonomous maintenance of rail transit equipment, many critical components of aging rolling stock are difficult to maintain and impossible to reproduce due to the lack of original design data.
CHENG Jun +3 more
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Transient Contact Elastic-Plastic Characteristics Analysis of Rail Welded Joints in Heavy-Haul Railways. [PDF]
Liu C, Wang Z.
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Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds +2 more
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Study on the Dynamic Characteristics of Rub-Impact and Bearing Defect Coupled Faults in a Single-Disk Double-Bearing Rotor System. [PDF]
Liu J, Zhang H, Sun H, Wang H, Chang Z.
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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 +2 more
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Planetary cross-rolling mill as plant of automation
The necessity of development of unique technique of continuos rolling for group composed from planetary-screw closet with a major extract for one pass and closets of horizontal and vertical longitudinal rolling represented.
Zhukova, N.V. +5 more
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A non-parametric adaptive conformal inference based probabilistic hour-ahead solar PV power forecasting method. [PDF]
Suresh V, Revathi BS, Guerrero JM.
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications
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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Departing With the Wind: Spring Migration Timing in Brent Geese From Their Most Important Staging and Wintering Site, the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site. [PDF]
Theurich N +4 more
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