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Ball and Plate Mechanism Actuated with Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

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A novel ball-and-plate mechanism actuated with pneumatic artificial muscles is presented in this paper. The pneumatic muscles are arranged in two antagonistic configuration pairs to generate torque around two axes of plate rotation. The ball-and-plate system is classified as an under-actuated, high-order nonlinear system, with additional nonlinearities
Benić, Juraj, Šantek, Andreas, Šitum, Željko   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Actuation Strategies for Underwater Jet‐Propelled Soft Robots

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article examines jet‐propulsion mechanisms in underwater soft robotic systems, focusing exclusively on physically fabricated and experimentally validated robots. Covering research published from 2013 to 2025, this study classifies and evaluates jet‐propulsion robots based on their actuation mechanisms.
Angel Kitone, Mohammed Anteet, Pawandeep S. Matharu, Yara Almubarak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Switching model predictive control of a pneumatic artificial muscle

, 2013
In this article, a switching Model Predictive Controller (sMPC) scheme for the position control of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (PAM) is being presented.
Andrikopoulos, Georgios,, Nikolakopoulos, George, Arvanitakis, Ioannis, Andrikopoulos, George, Arvanitakis, Ioannis; id_orcid, Manesis, Stamatis   +5 more
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Exploring the Use and Impact of Composite Materials in Robotics: A Systematic Review

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lightweight and high‐strength materials are important in robotics, as structural design impacts efficiency, payload capacity, and energy consumption. Composite materials, with their superior stiffness‐to‐weight ratios and multifunctional properties, offer clear advantages over conventional metals and polymers.
Doglas Negri, Gabriela Wessling Oening, Felipe Augusto Carvalho de Faria, Sarah Maria Schroeder, Ricardo De Medeiros   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploiting Device Deformability for Fluid and Particle Manipulation

Small, EarlyView.
Deformable devices enable fluid and particle manipulation modes that are inaccessible to rigid platforms. This review examines soft materials and architectures that translate controlled deformation into microscale fluid operations such as pumping, valving, mixing, and particle handling.
Zhiyang Hong, Xiaoyue Kang, Dan Yuan, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Jun Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Second Order Sliding Mode Controller Design for Pneumatic Artificial Muscle

, 2018
In this paper, first and second order sliding mode controllers are designed for a single link robotic arm actuated by two Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs).
Laith Khames, Ammar Al-Jodah
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Development of and adherence to artificial gravity and resistive vibration exercises during 60 days of hypoxic 6° head‐down tilt bed rest: BRAVE study

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial gravity (AG) combined with resistive vibration exercise has been proposed as a multi‐system countermeasure for long‐duration spaceflight; however, its operational feasibility during prolonged unloading remains insufficiently characterised.
Jack Fortune, Riccardo G. Sorrentino, Spyridon Zamantzas, Victorien Faivre‐Rampant, Lydia Tsoutsoubi, Adam C. McDonnell, Jason T. Fisher, Sara Podgornik, Leonidas G. Ioannou, Urša Ciuha, Igor B. Mekjavic   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sprint‐interval training with post‐exercise blood flow restriction increases mitochondrial content and respiration

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend The mechanisms underpinning improved maximal oxygen uptake following sprint interval training (SIT) with post‐exercise blood flow restriction (BFR), compared to SIT alone, remain unclear. This study examined the effects of 6 week SIT with (BFR; n = 12) or without (CON; n = 8) post‐exercise BFR on V̇O2peak${{\dot{V}}_{{{{\mathrm{O}
Donald L. Peden, Carolin Stangier, Emma A. Mitchell, Stephen J. Bailey, Richard A. Ferguson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle

, 2013
McKibben Muscle, also known as Pneumatic Artificial Muscle, is widely used today. Its characteristic compliance and versatility makes it suitable for various uses ranging from hard-duty industrial use to mimicking human muscle.
Renung Kinanthi.
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3D Printing Innovations in Polymeric Porous and Patterned Architecture

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 50, 22 June 2026.
Polymeric foams occupy a unique structural space between dense solids and open networks, where engineered void fraction governs mechanical compliance, thermal resistance, and mass transport. Additive manufacturing now enables precise spatial control over cellular architecture, unlocking designer foam structures across applications spanning crash ...
Dhanush Patil, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Clarissa Westover, Arunachalam Ramanathan, M. Taylor Sobzcak, Roumika Patil, Qixuan Xiang, Tiantian Li, Sui Yang, Timothy E. Long, Hongyue Sun, Xianqiao Wang, Yang Liu, Kenan Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source