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Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robotic Systems: A Survey on Hardware Architectures
Journal of Robotics, 2017 Modular self-reconfigurable robots present wide and unique solutions for growing demands in the domains of space exploration, automation, consumer products, and so forth.
S. Sankhar Reddy Chennareddy +2 more
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A Software Architecture for Adaptive Modular Sensing Systems
Sensors, 2010 By combining a number of simple transducer modules, an arbitrarily complex sensing system may be produced to accommodate a wide range of applications.
Andrew C. Lyle, Michael D. Naish
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Four-Dimensional Micro/Nanorobots via Laser Photochemical Synthesis towards the Molecular Scale
Micromachines, 2023 Miniaturized four-dimensional (4D) micro/nanorobots denote a forerunning technique associated with interdisciplinary applications, such as in embeddable labs-on-chip, metamaterials, tissue engineering, cell manipulation, and tiny robotics.
Yufeng Tao +8 more
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Roombots: Reconfigurable Robots for Adaptive Furniture [PDF]
IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 2010 Imagine a world in which our furniture moves around like legged robots, interacts with us, and changes shape and function during the day according to our needs. This is the long term vision we have in the Roombots project. To work towards this dream, we are developing modular robotic modules that have rotational degrees of freedom for locomotion as ...
Alexander Spröwitz +7 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Microgel‐based 3D printed constructs represent a compelling and versatile innovation for engineering architecturally complex, dynamically remodelable, and biocompatible structures with high structural fidelity and bioactivity. By integrating material design, biofabrication, and biological function, these systems enable the development of adaptive ...
Elena Ghighină +2 more
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Reconfigurable Battery Techniques and Systems: A Survey
IEEE Access, 2016 Battery packs with a large number of battery cells are becoming more and more widely adopted in electronic systems, such as robotics, renewable energy systems, energy storage in smart grids, and electronic vehicles.
Song Ci, Ni Lin, Dalei Wu
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong +12 more
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Multiagent control of self-reconfigurable robots
Artificial Intelligence, 2002 15 pages, 10 color figures, including low-resolution photos of prototype ...
Hristo Bojinov, Arancha Casal, Tad Hogg
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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 +14 more
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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 +12 more
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