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Robust Polymer Hydrogels Improve Electric‐Fish‐Inspired Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electric‐fish‐inspired hydrogel batteries based on ion‐concentration gradients offer an attractive route to soft power sources; however, the poor mechanical properties of existing hydrogels limit device assembly and performance. Here, we report poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate hydrogels that enable ion‐gradient batteries composed of
Nick Zahnd, Satyajit Das, John Marc C. Puguan, Carolina Pierucci, Michael Mayer, Christoph Weder   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parallel Fin Ray Soft Gripper with Embedded Mechano-Optical Force Sensor

Applied Sciences
The rapid advancement in soft robotics over the past decade has driven innovation across the industrial, medical, and agricultural sectors. Among various soft robotic designs, Fin Ray-inspired soft grippers have demonstrated remarkable adaptability and ...
Eduardo Navas, Daniel Rodríguez-Nieto, Alain Antonio Rodríguez-González, Roemi Fernández   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Double-V block fingers with cruciform recess [PDF]

, 1993
In a robot having a gripper including a pair of fingers and a drive motor for driving the fingers toward and away from one another while the fingers remain parallel to each other, the fingers consist of finger pads, which interface with a handle on an ...
Voellmer, George M.
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Hubungan di antara pengaturan kerja fleksibel dan prestasi pekerja dalam kalangan ejen insurans wanita [PDF]

, 2020
Ejen insurans merupakan jurujual pertengahan bagi syarikat insurans di mana mereka memainkan peranan penting dalam memberi khidmat nasihat kewangan (Hannah, 2011).
Abu Seman, Noor Aslinda, Ahmad, Nurazwa, Amir, Hanis Zahidah   +2 more
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Multi‐Scale Interface Engineering of MXenes for Multifunctional Sensory Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MXenes, as two‐dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, demonstrate remarkable capabilities for multifunctional sensing applications. This review systematically examines multi‐scale interface engineering approaches that enhance sensing performance, enable diverse detection functionalities, and improve system‐level compatibility in MXene ...
Jiaying Liao, Sin‐Yi Pang, Jianhua Hao
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Experimental Assessment of 3D-Printed Soft Grasping Interfaces for Robotic Harvesting

Agronomy
Robotic harvesters and grippers have been widely developed for fruit-picking tasks. However, existing approaches often fail to account for the fruit’s post-harvest condition, leading to premature decay due to excessive grasping forces.
Kai Blanco, Eduardo Navas, Daniel Rodríguez-Nieto, Luis Emmi, Roemi Fernández   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetothermal‐Triggered Response and Self‐Healing of Recyclable and Reprocessable Nanocomposites for Actuation Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Developing recyclable materials for magnetic robotics that combine rapid response and self‐healing properties is challenging. Hence, this study focuses on the integration of magnetothermal nanoparticles into a dynamic sorbitol‐based vitrimer, a recyclable composite capable of remote actuation and self‐healing by magnetic heating.
Maria Weißpflog, Gloria Signorato, Birgit Hankiewicz, Volker Abetz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design Strategies and Emerging Applications of High‐Performance Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Light‐Actuated Fiber‐Climbing Inchworm Robot Toward Endoluminal Navigation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A kirigami‐inspired soft inchworm robot harnesses optical energy from a customized side‐emitting optical fiber, guaranteeing its propulsion along the fiber body. The wavelength‐selective responsiveness of dye‐functionalized liquid crystal elastomers and the application of temporal illumination patterns enable sequential control of robot components. The
Antonio Lobosco, Leilei Song, Fan Liu, Yu‐Hsiang Lin, Venkatasubramanian Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, Hao Zeng, Sarthak Misra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coating Artificial Spider Silk Fiber with Magnetic FeCo: An Effective Strategy for Creating a Flexible Magneto‐Responsive Material

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An original method is presented for producing artificial spider silk fibers with magnetic and magnetomechanical responsiveness, which consists in coating them with a nanometer‐thick layer of FeCo alloy by sputtering deposition. The challenge of combining organic materials and inorganic magnetic nanostructures is addressed, thus taking a step forward ...
Filippo Lanaro, Federico Spizzo, Gabriele Greco, Benjamin Schmuck, Anna Rising, Lucia Del Bianco   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source