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A resonant micro accelerometer based on electrostatic stiffness variation
, 2013 A new out-of-plane resonant micro-machined accelerometer has been designed, modelled and fabricated. The sensing principle is based on the variation of the electrostatic stiffness of two torsional resonators mechanically coupled with an inertial proof ...
S. Zerbini +3 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study achieves the synergistic integration of self‐powered sensing and edge AI acceleration to establish a real‐time fault diagnosis system. The proposed TENG‐based self‐powered bearing sensor (NSE‐TBS) and FPGA‐accelerated edge AI framework fundamentally break through the inherent limitations of conventional monitoring systems, including complex ...
Kehui Zhu +7 more
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A High-Sensitivity MEMS Accelerometer Using a Sc0.8Al0.2N-Based Four Beam Structure
Micromachines, 2023 In this paper, a high-sensitivity microelectromechanical system (MEMS) piezoelectric accelerometer based on a Scandium-doped Aluminum Nitride (ScAlN) thin film is proposed. The primary structure of this accelerometer is a silicon proof mass fixed by four
Zhenghu Zhang +4 more
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Ultra-Small Fiber Bragg Grating Accelerometer
Applied Sciences, 2019 Reducing the size of an accelerometer overcomes the tradeoff between its sensitivity and resonant frequency, and the theoretical relationships are analyzed.
Kuo Li +4 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.To overcome severe signal oscillation under extreme impact conditions, this work presents a Sensing‐in‐Energy microdevice which integrates a MEMS inertial structure directly within a supercapacitor electrolyte cavity. Utilizing shock‐driven transient contact and electrolyte damping for signal self‐filtering, it achieves weak‐oscillation, large ...
Zhihao Zheng +7 more
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High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric MEMS Accelerometer for Vector Hydrophones
Micromachines, 2023 In response to the growing demand for high-sensitivity accelerometers in vector hydrophones, a piezoelectric MEMS accelerometer (PMA) was proposed, which has a four-cantilever beam integrated inertial mass unit structure, with the advantages of being ...
Shuzheng Shi +7 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Rod Origami (RodOri) springs harness snap‐through instabilities of pre‐stressed curved rods with geometrically programmable buckling behavior. Integrating RodOri springs with distinct geometries yields multistable metamaterials that undergo stepwise reconfiguration via sequential snapping, achieving wide‐range tunability of stiffness and resonance ...
Jeseung Lee +2 more
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Strategies for increasing the operating frequency range of vibration energy harvesters: a review
, 2010 This paper reviews possible strategies to increase the operational frequency range of vibration-based micro-generators. Most vibration-based micro-generators are spring-mass-damper systems which generate maximum power when the resonant frequency of the ...
Beeby, Steve, Zhu, Dibin, Tudor, John
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Complex dynamics, often avoided in electromechanical design, can enhance soft robotics. We develop durable magnetic soft actuators operating in tunable dynamic regimes, enabling random number generation, stochastic computing, and time‐series prediction.
Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata +14 more
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