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Spring and Power in Hovering Ornithopters

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Only small ornithopters can hover, longest at the hummingbird size. This article reviews the drive and power of these hovering machines, focusing on elastic energy and thrust boosters. Unlike two‐winged designs, X‐winged and multiple‐V‐winged ornithopters benefit from lower disk loading and slower, smaller wingbeats, and the clap‐and‐fling effect ...
Gih‐Keong Lau, Yao‐Wei Chin, Shih‐Chun Lin, Yu‐Hsiang Lai, Boo Cheong Khoo   +4 more
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Deep Learning Methods in Soft Robotics: Architectures and Applications

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Soft robotics has seen intense research over the past two decades and offers a promising approach for future robotic applications. However, standard industrial methods may be challenging to apply to soft robots. Recent advances in deep learning provide powerful tools to analyze and design complex soft machines that can operate in unstructured ...
Tomáš Čakurda, Monika Trojanová, Pavlo Pomin, Alexander Hošovský   +3 more
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Electropneumatic Oscillators Using Nonlinear Inflatables

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
In animals, self‐oscillations are essential to coordinate locomotion and other bodily functions. By combining hysteretic membranes with a resistive strain sensor, an electropneumatic self‐oscillator with an oscillation frequency that directly depends upon geometric parameters in the fluidic domain is introduced.
Elias De Smet, Lorenzo Migliorini, Edoardo Milana, Paolo Milani, Benjamin Gorissen   +4 more
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A Soft Wearable Robot with an Adjustable Twisted String Actuator and a Two‐Stage Transmission Mechanism for Manual Handling Tasks

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This article proposes a soft wearable robot (WeaRo) to assist workers while executing manual handling tasks. With its innovative design, the WeaRo effectively assists multiple body parts during manual handling tasks while using a single motor. Furthermore, the components of the WeaRo are assembled onto a fabric‐based suit, ensuring high performance and
Dongun Lee, Sinyoung Lee, Donghyun Lee, Dongjun Shin   +3 more
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A Wearable Soft Actuator for Directional Tactile Stimulation: Design and Testing

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A wearable actuator able to produce directional tactile stimulation is obtained by embedding a planar shape memory spring in silicone matrix. The matrix is designed taking into account skin characteristics and leveraging its multifunctionality: it acts as a bias load, improves the thermal behavior of the spring and wearability.
Fabio Lazzari, Jacopo Romanò, Davide Faranna, Lorenzo Garavaglia, Francesco Volontè, Carlo Fanciulli, Simone Pittaccio   +6 more
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Liquid Metal Reversible Contacts for Flexible Tactile Sensor with High Sensitivity and Wide Detection Range

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work presents a novel flexible tactile sensor based on the unconventional reversible contact behavior between liquid metal droplets (LMDs), with high‐pressure sensitivity and a broad working range. The 2‐LMD‐based sensor is capable of monitoring human motion and physiological signals, while electrical impedance tomography enables precise shape and
Shuai Dong, Gang Ma, Zhaowan Xiong, Du‐An Ge, Yipu Guo, Weihua Li, Shiwu Zhang   +6 more
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Multi‐Risk‐Level Sarcopenia‐Prone Screening via Machine Learning Classification of Sit‐to‐Stand Motion Metrics from Wearable Sensors

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A machine learning approach utilizes micro inertial measurement units (μIMUs) for noninvasive sarcopenia screening through a sit‐to‐stand test. With 53 older participants wearing IMUs, 510 features are extracted across four motion phases. Five algorithms (support vector machine, K‐nearest neighbors, decision tree, linear discriminant analysis, and ...
Keer Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Clio Yuen Man Cheng, Meng Chen, King Wai Chiu Lai, Calvin Kalun Or, Yong Hu, Arul Lenus Roy Vellaisamy, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam, Ning Xi, Vivian Weiqun Lou, Wen Jung Li   +11 more
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4D Printing of Polyethylene Glycol‐Grafted Carbon Nanotube‐Reinforced Polyvinyl Chloride–Polycaprolactone Composites for Enhanced Shape Recovery and Thermomechanical Performance

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study introduces polyethylene glycol‐functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enhance dispersion, interfacial bonding, and 4D printability in polyvinyl chloride‐PCL nanocomposites. The optimized 4D composite (0.5 wt% CNT) achieves a 25% increase in tensile strength, 95.78% shape fixity, and 5‐s recovery time.
Davood Rahmatabadi, Mohammad Amin Yousefi, Shahrooz Shamsolhodaei, Majid Baniassadi, Karen Abrinia, Mahdi Bodaghi, Mostafa Baghani   +6 more
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A Robotic Prosthetic Hand for Computer Mouse Operations

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A soft prosthetic hand for computer mouse operations is introduced to assist users in completing diverse cursor control tasks. The designs of the hardware and software components are presented separately, followed by a user study conducted to assess the feasibility and acceptance of this system.
Ziming Chen, Yiming He, Boao Li, Huasong Min, Fuchun Sun, Shuguang Li, Bin Fang   +6 more
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The Legacy of Phantom Limbs

Perception, 2003
openaire   +3 more sources