Simulation of transient response of PID controller in an automated electro-pneumatic system using a single-acting cylinder in a clinical ventilator. [PDF]
Amudipe SO +4 more
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin +3 more
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Life cycle inventory of the pneumatic waste collection system in a dense urban area
Pneumatic waste collection is a novel waste collection method. Its potential to increase safety and hygienic levels and reduce traffic flow makes the pneumatic waste collection an interesting choice when planning new solutions for the waste collection in
Punkkinen, Henna +2 more
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FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots
This study introduces a type of inflatable fabric‐based kirigami actuator capable of performing bending motion. The actuator is utilized as soft grippers, a crawling robot and a swimming robot. The crawling robot demonstrated extraordinary motion capabilities, such as moving forward, turning and navigating a narrow tunnel.
Yang Yu +12 more
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod +14 more
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Design and experimental validation of a soft pneumatic robotic device for preterm infant skin-to-skin tactile therapy. [PDF]
Benites-Mozo Y +3 more
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder +3 more
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Selected problems of pneumatic damping system optimisation
W pracy przedstawiono model matematyczny zespołu amortyzującego zawierającego sprężynę pneumatyczną w postaci siłownika pneumatycznego współpracującego ze zbiornikiem dodatkowym.
Krzyżyński, T. +2 more
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Toward the Advancement of Soft Pneumatic Rotary Actuators: A Comprehensive Design Review. [PDF]
Kiani Harchegani E, Valentinčič J.
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma +4 more
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