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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanical properties of HTPB composite propellants in the initial period of service life [PDF]

Scientific Technical Review, 2014
Uniaxial tensile tests of different composite solid rocket propellant compositions, based on hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), have shown that mechanical properties extensively change after curing, up to 100% of their initial values, during the ...
Gligorijević Nikola, Živković Saša, Subotić Sredoje, Pavković Bojan, Nikolić Momčilo, Kozomara Stevan, Rodić Vesna   +6 more
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Structural Behavior Examination of Frequently Used Solid Propellant Sections Under Centrifugal Loading Using Response Surface Method

Havacılık ve Uzay Teknolojileri Dergisi, 2021
This research aims to examine structural responses of frequently used solid propellant sections such as tubular, star, slotted, wagon wheel, and anchor subjected to centrifugal acceleration load.
Ceyhun TOLA, Hatice Begüm EYLENOĞLU
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
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, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross Kingdom Metabolic Engineering Paradigm Elevating Sustainable Protein Production

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Confronting the dual crisis of escalating global protein demand and unsustainable agriculture necessitates transformative solutions. Here, we pioneer evolutionary insights from maize nitrogen optimization via asparagine synthetase (ASNS) to rewire metabolism in Pichia pastoris.
Yuanyuan Du, Changyu Pi, Kai Hong, Le Gao, Xin Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fundamentals of Thermal Transport and Energy Conversion in Ultra‐High Temperature Ceramics: From Microscale Mechanisms to Macroscopic Properties

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review critically examines thermal transport and radiative properties of ultra‐high temperature ceramics for hypersonic flight, advanced nuclear systems, and next‐generation energy conversion devices. It explores phonon–photon–electron interactions, microstructural engineering, thermoelectric conversion, and machine learning‐accelerated multiscale
Zhipeng Pei, Yue Li, Jiayu Xing, Yue Zhu, Ru Zhang, Huan Wu, Zihao Qin, Gang Pei, Man Li   +8 more
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An Examination of the Performance of Blank Cartridges Used in Captive Bolt Devices for the Pre-Slaughter Stunning and Euthanasia of Animals

Animals, 2019
Blank cartridges provide the power source for the majority of captive bolt devices used for rendering animals unconscious prior to slaughter within the United Kingdom or euthanasia worldwide.
Andrew Grist, Jeff A. Lines, Randall Bock, Toby G. Knowles, Stephen B. Wotton   +4 more
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Neuromorphic Near‐Sensor and In‐Sensor Computing Enabled by Next‐Generation Material‐Based Sensors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This Review presents a structural framework that classifies neuromorphic sensing into near‐sensor and in‐sensor architectures, clarifying physical coupling between sensing and computation. The framework connects neural and synaptic device functions with recent advances in optical, mechanical, and chemical sensing, compares energy consumption and ...
Su Yeon Jung, Gwang Ya Kim, Sejin Kim, Hyunjong Seo, Se Gi Lee, Sang Min Won, Dongjoon Rhee, Joohoon Kang   +7 more
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Heterostructured Materials for Room‐Temperature Na‐S Batteries: Directional Design Strategies and Multifaceted Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this work, heterostructured materials for room‐temperature Na‐S batteries are comprehensively reviewed. The electrochemical mechanisms of Na‐S batteries based on various redox pathways are clarified. The intrinsic functionalities and design principles of heterostructured materials are summarized.
Yeqing Yang, Xue Li, Kunjie Zhu, Xiang‐Long Huang, Yun‐Xiao Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source