Refractive Index Sensing Based on Fano Resonances of a Bus Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide with D-Shaped Resonant Cavity. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel)Qiu Y, Chang X, Zhao D, Zhang Z.
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Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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Autonomous Navigation of Pollen‐Inspired Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A sunflower pollen‐inspired magnetic microrobot enables controlled rolling navigation in vessel‐like environments. Its open geometry reduces hydrodynamic drag, while vision‐based closed‐loop control, shortest‐path planning, and reinforcement learning support target‐reaching and maze navigation with microrobot‐scale accuracy, highlighting a route toward
Ali Anil Demircali +6 more
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Design and Analysis of a Bézier Curve-Based Variable Cross-Section Magnetoelectric Antenna. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Li G +8 more
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Flexible Sensors for Robotics Tactile Perception: A Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Flexible tactile sensing for robotics is reviewed through four interconnected dimensions. Physical mechanisms include piezoresistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, triboelectric, iontronic, and optical sensing. Structural design includes bioinspired, defect‐based, and MEMS‐based tactile systems.
Yu Song, Ying Chen, Yihao Chen, Xue Feng
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Microwave Sensors for Dielectric Characterization: Planar Architectures, Extraction Methods, and Emerging Applications. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Tan F, Liu C.
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Toward Mechanical Intelligence in Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Robots can use their physical bodies to perform functions usually assigned to electronic sensors and controllers. This perspective defines mechanical intelligence through three core operations: filtering inputs, routing mechanical signals, and switching between states.
Xinyi Yang +5 more
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Flexible Wireless Passive Resonance Ring Sensor for Nondestructive Crack Monitoring of Metal Structures. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel)Wang Y, Huang X, Pei P.
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Magnetically Actuated Microrobot for Drug Delivery: Current Progress and Challenges
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Magnetically actuated microrobots are reshaping targeted drug delivery through wireless propulsion, programmable materials, and localized therapeutic release. This review examines how fabrication, body material selection, structural architecture, loading mechanisms, and imaging‐guided control converge to enable microrobotic therapies while identifying ...
Yang Yang, David J. Cappelleri
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LC Resonant-Based Method for Permeability Interference Suppression in Magnetized Pipeline Eddy Current Testing. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Su L, Li Y, Cao T, Li S, Zhang J.
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