Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong +2 more
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Lipoprotein(a) levels and estimated QRISK3 cardiovascular risk in the Randox Health 2025 cohort: a cross-sectional analysis of 14,848 individuals. [PDF]
Watt J +8 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Industrial LiFePO₄ battery management system dataset for early degradation analysis and remaining useful life prediction. [PDF]
Ulfat MAB +7 more
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This review highlights recent advances in material extrusion 3D printing of self‐healing polymers, focusing on the interplay between material chemistry, rheology, hardware customization, and process optimization. Filament‐ and ink‐based extrusion strategies, multimaterial architectures, and postprocessing approaches are discussed for applications in ...
Antonio Pavone +2 more
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A two-stage framework for cost-sensitive predictive maintenance using deep learning, GANs, and risk-aware clustering. [PDF]
Hakami A.
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Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice
The hyper‐redundant nature of continuum robot structures enables near‐infinite degrees of freedom leading to immense potential for medical applications. This review provides a historical background of continuum robots and novel ideas shaping their progress to current structural design, sensing technology, modeling techniques, and control methods.
Griffin Smith +6 more
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Excitonic and Optical Transduction Mechanisms in Quantum Dot Sensors for Environmental Pollutant Detection. [PDF]
Enyoh CE.
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Cell‐Based Biohybrid Micro/Nanorobots for Biotherapy
This review systematically evaluates cell‐based biohybrid micro/nanorobots (CB‐BMRs), highlighting their cell selection criteria, fabrication strategies, and diverse actuation modes. Furthermore, it surveys the promising therapeutic applications of CB‐BMRs in targeted cancer, thrombosis, and inflammation treatments, while comprehensively discussing ...
Lin Wang +11 more
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Human-capital formation: The importance of endogenous longevity. [PDF]
Galama TJ, van Kippersluis H.
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