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Inspiration From Games and Entertainment Artifacts: A Rising Paradigm for Designing Mechanisms and Algorithms in Robotics

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019
Games and toys have been serving as entertainment tools to humans for a long period of time. While except for entertainment, they can also trigger inspiration and enhance productivity in many other domains such as healthcare and general workplaces.
Ning Tan, Ning Tan, Nishaan Brahmananthan, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Veerajagadheswar Prabakaran   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metamaterial Antennas Enhance MRI of the Eye and Occipital Brain

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A radiofrequency antenna platform comprising planar and bend configurations is developed, incorporating structurally integrated epsilon‐negative metamaterial unit cells to enhance MRI. These antennas enable high‐resolution in vivo human MRI of the eye, orbit, and occipital brain. Comprehensive validation, including simulations, phantom experiments, SAR,
Nandita Saha, Bilguun Nurzed, Mostafa Berangi, Andre Kuehne, Helmar Waiczies, Igor Fabian Tellez Ceja, Xiang Hu, Thomas Gladytz, Lisa Krenz, Dave Huebler, Beate Endemann, Claudia Brockmann, Ebba Beller, Oliver Stachs, Thoralf Niendorf   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-scale path planning for a planetary exploration vehicle with multiple locomotion modes [PDF]

, 2018
Planetary exploration vehicles (rovers) can encounter with a great variety of situations. Most of them are related to the terrain, which can cause the end of the mission if these vehicles are not able to traverse it.
Azkarate, Martin, Perez-del-Pulgar-Mancebo, Carlos Jesus, Sánchez, J. Ricardo   +2 more
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Reconfigurable inspection robot for industrial applications

Procedia Manufacturing, 2019
Abstract The power generation industry, due to its importance in both general public and industrial applications, requires high standard of reliability. In the electrical power generation processes, the inspection and the adequate maintenance of the power generators are extremely important.
A. Pistone, C. Canali, C. Gloriani, S. Leggieri, P. Guardiani, D.G. Caldwell   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Liquid Metal Microrobots for Magnetically Guided Transvascular Navigation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid metal‐based microrobots combine magnetic steering, intrinsic X‐ray visibility and softness, to navigate blood vessels even against flow. Under clinically relevant magnetic fields, liquid metal microrobots roll along vessel walls, cross endothelial barriers, and accumulate in target tissues.
Xiaohui Ju, Roshan Velluvakandy, Xianghua Wu, Miguel Angel Merlos Rodrigo, Zbyněk Heger, Kamila Bendíčková, Jan Frič, Martin Pumera   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rewriting Polymer Fate via Chemomechanical Coupling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a life‐like “living” polymer platform that can grow, degrow, and reprogram its properties after fabrication. By integrating mass transport, reversible polymerization, and controlled catalysis, the material achieves on‐demand changes in size, shape, and mechanical properties.
Jiahe Huang, Haohui Zhang, Jiehao Chen, Xuelin Sui, Febby Krisnadi, Dongjing He, Huajian Ji, Will R. Gutekunst, Michael D. Dickey, Yuhang Hu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freeform Manufacturing of Plant‐Based Structural Colors for Scalable Photonic and Mechanochromic Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A green, freeform manufacturing approach that utilizes robust aqueous two‐phase systems to create intricate and scalable photonic structures and non‐planar mechanochromic hydrogel actuators from plant‐based hydroxypropyl cellulose. This approach broadens the structural possibilities of sustainable photonic devices and mechanochromic systems, offering ...
Xiao Song, Peiqi Niu, Wenxi Gu, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Jiuhong Yi, Xu Liu, Peng Tan, Chon In Haydn Cheong, Qingwen Guan, Dan Fang, Bingpu Zhou, Zi Liang Wu, Ji Liu, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Iek Man Lei   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliant Robotics in Space: A Prospective Review of Soft and Deformable Systems for Space Missions

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Space exploration demands innovative robotic solutions to address complex challenges. This article provides a forward‐looking perspective on the emerging field of compliant robotics for space applications, categorizing these systems into reconfigurable ...
Hamed Rahimi Nohooji, Holger Voos
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Large‐Area 2D Metasurface‐Based Triboelectric E‐Skin Arrays: Contact & Proximity Tactile Mapping with Broadband Acoustic Readouts

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Metasurface‐engineered NC‐TENG arrays integrate tactile pressure mapping, non‐contact gesture sensing, and acoustic signal readouts in one ultrathin module, and outperforms pristine PDMS in terms of electrical output and real‐time spatial mapping for next‐gen wearables.
Injamamul Arief, Swagato Sarkar, Anik Kumar Ghosh, Osvalds Verners, Kamal Kumar Meena, Su‐Hyeong Lee, Soosang Chae, Tobias A. F. König, Beate Krause, Andreas Fery, Mehmet Sait Özer, Anindya Nag, Amit Das   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coordinated Motion Control of Mobile Self-Reconfigurable Robots in Virtual Rigid Framework

Machines
This paper presents a control method for the coordinated motion of a mobile self-reconfigurable robotic system. By utilizing a virtual rigid framework, the system ensures that its configuration remains stable and intact, while enabling modular units to ...
Ruopeng Wei, Yubin Liu, Huijuan Dong, Yanhe Zhu, Jie Zhao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source