CFD Investigation of the Effect of Condensation Chamber Geometry on Nanoparticle Transport in Magnetron Sputtering. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Gao L, Zhao L, Dong Y.
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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 +4 more
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A hybrid PSO-FPA metaheuristic algorithm for ultra-low sidelobe and high-directivity synthesis of concentric circular antenna arrays for advanced radar applications. [PDF]
Sci RepBrahimi M +5 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won +5 more
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Equivalent Refractive Index Modeling and Multidomain Characterization of the Temperature Response of Loss in Fiber-Optic Macro-Bends. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Shen H, Yang D, Han H, Liu J.
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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Different Paths, Similar Pressures: Divergent Drivers of Genetic Diversity Despite Convergent Genomic Signatures of Selection in Response to Urban Intensity in Two Oligolectic Bee Species. [PDF]
Mol EcolBaltz LM +4 more
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Optimization of Magnetic Milli‐Spinner for Robotic Endovascular Intervention
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work presents the design optimization of a multifunctional magnetic milli‐spinner for high‐speed propulsion and efficient clot debulking. The optimized design achieves an ultrafast swimming velocity of 55 cm/s (≈175 body lengths/s) in saline water, enabling stable upstream swimming against strong physiological flows and establishing magnetic milli‐
Lu Lu +3 more
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An Adaptive Multiparameter Penalty Selection Method for Multiconstraint and Multiblock ADMM. [PDF]
IEEE Open J Signal ProcessLozenski L, McCann MT, Wohlberg B.
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