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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Optimizing Timber Roof Diaphragms for Seismic Damping in the Retrofit of Masonry Churches
Applied SciencesThis paper addresses the seismic retrofitting of masonry churches with timber roofs by designing a ductile roof diaphragm with a new energy-based methodology.
Nicola Longarini +2 more
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Research on the Seismic Performance of Straw Panel-Infilled Concrete Frame by Shaking Table Test
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021 Infill wall-frame interaction-induced damage and failure have been found in many previous earthquakes due to the inappropriate estimation of the stiffness of infill walls.
Jia Zhu, Yuling Bian, Aiping Zhou
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Seismic Performance of a Corroded Reinforce Concrete Frame Structure Using Pushover Method
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2018 SAP2000 software was used to build the finite element model of a six-storey-three-span reinforced concrete (RC) frame structure. The numerical simulation of the seismic performance of the RC frame structure incorporating different levels of rebar ...
Meng Zhang +3 more
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Stiffness‐Programmable Origami Robots With Tendon‐Driven Actuation via Multimaterial 3D Printing
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Motion diversity is achieved in a tendon‐driven origami robot through programmable stiffness rather than modified actuation. Multimaterial 3D printing embeds soft creases, modular inserts redirect identical tendon inputs into distinct behaviors, and variable‐stiffness inserts enable real‐time switching.
Elisha Lerner, Jianguo Zhao
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels
Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao +3 more
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Automatic limit and shakedown analysis of 3-D steel frames
Vietnam Journal of Mechanics, 2007 This paper presents an efficient algorithm for both limit and shakedown analysis of 3-D steel frames by kinematical method using linear programming technique.
Nguyen Dang Hung, Hoang Van Long
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Evaluation of Damage Index for RC Frames with Irregular Geometrical Shape Subjected to Blast Loads
Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2020 The present research focuses on studying the effect of architectural shape of reinforced concrete frames resulting from irregularity of geometrical shape of building frame.
Riyadh M. M. Alaaraji +1 more
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Organoid Brain‐Machine‐Interface Devices for Central Nervous System Repair
Advanced Science, EarlyView.We envision organoid brain‐machine‐interface (Organoid‐BMI) devices as new biohybrid bidirectional communication pathways to connect the human CNS and the external world for personalized CNS repair and regeneration. ABSTRACT Central nervous system (CNS) repair and regeneration suffer from tremendous clinical challenges due to current limitations in ...
Yantao Xing +10 more
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