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Hierarchical Artificial Muscle with Nonlinear Elasticity for Antagonistic and Cyclic Robotics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We construct hierarchical muscles by plying nylon fibers around a heating wire. The hierarchical muscle shows a J‐shaped passive curve, which shows benefit in antagonistic muscle pair and work accumulation mechanism. We also develop a computational, first‐principle model to understand the physics of both active actuation stroke and passive J‐curve ...
Samuel Tsai, Liuyang Cheng, Ali Albazroun, Qiong Wang, Jeongmin Kim, Arman Tekinalp, Soonwook Kim, Charlie Simcox, Ryne Downing, Vagish Sivaramakrishnan, Grace Carsello, Miles Bimrose, Wonsik Eom, William P. King, Mattia Gazzola, Sameh Tawfick   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vacuum–Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft Actuators

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rapid and accessible fabrication strategy for inflatable soft actuators is presented, combining vacuum sealing with laser cutting of low‐cost thermoplastic pouches. The method enables precise sealing, fast fabrication, and programmable multi‐cell geometries.
Ashkan Rezanejad, Mostafa Mousa, Yuxuan Wang, Michael Adlerstein, Junke Yao, Antonio E. Forte   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Fixed to Flexible: Automation and Work Organization Trends from the International Assembly Plant Survey [PDF]

, 1996
The paper is organized into seven sections. First, we define how we measure automation in the assembly plant study. Second, we describe the overall regional trends in the use of automation from 1989 to 1993/94.
MacDuffie, John Paul, Pil, Frits K.
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Upscaling Sodium‐Ion Battery Cells: From Aqueous Processing to Performance Assessment of Hard Carbon|Prussian White Pouch Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
This study investigates the feasibility of scaling up Prussian White (PW)‐based cathode manufacturing at a pilot scale. Through careful PW dehydration combined with optimized aqueous processing, we report the stepwise development of industrially relevant 1 Ah pouch cells and evaluate their performance under various conditions.
Faduma M. Maddar, Katerina Gonos, Martand Singh, Jacob Compton, Daniel Atkinson, Matthew J. Capener, Mark Copley, Ivana Hasa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A trust‐region funnel algorithm for gray‐box optimization

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Gray‐box optimization, where parts of optimization problems are represented by algebraic models while others are treated as black‐box models lacking analytic derivatives, remains a challenge. Trust‐region (TR) methods provide a robust framework for gray‐box problems through local reduced models (RMs) for black‐box components, but they are ...
Gul Hameed, Tao Chen, Antonio del Rio Chanona, Lorenz T. Biegler, Michael Short   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A generalized method for multiple robotic manipulator programming applied to vertical-up welding [PDF]

The application is described of a weld programming algorithm for vertical-up welding, which is frequently desired for variable polarity plasma arc welding (VPPAW).
Andersen, Kristinn, Barnett, Robert Joel, Cook, George E., Fernandez, Kenneth R., Zein-Sabattou, Saleh   +4 more
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Dry-ice blasting an optimal panacea for depurating welding robots of slag and spatter [PDF]

, 2012
Though MIG welding robots are extensively applied in the automotive assemblies ‘Spot Welding’ is the most common welding application found in the auto stamping assembly manufacturing.Every manufacturing process is subject to variations – with resistance ...
Abdullah, Che Sobry, Baluch, Nazim Hussain, Mohtar, Shahimi   +2 more
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Roadmap on Artificial Intelligence‐Augmented Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This Roadmap outlines the transformative role of artificial intelligence‐augmented additive manufacturing, highlighting advances in design, monitoring, and product development. By integrating tools such as generative design, computer vision, digital twins, and closed‐loop control, it presents pathways toward smart, scalable, and autonomous additive ...
Ali Zolfagharian, Liuchao Jin, Qi Ge, Wei‐Hsin Liao, Andrés Díaz Lantada, Francisco Franco Martínez, Tianyu Zhang, Tao Liu, Charlie C. L. Wang, Mohammad Hossein Mosallanejad, Reza Ghanavati, Abdollah Saboori, Alejandro De Blas De Miguel, William Solórzano‐Requejo, Yi Cai, Xiangyang Dong, Huangyi Qu, Najmeh Samadiani, Guangyan Huang, Austin Downey, Yanzhou Fu, Lang Yuan, Tsz‐Kwan (Glory) Lee, Arbind Agrahari Baniya, Eisha Waseem, Abdul Rahman Sani, Abbas Z. Kouzani, Yijia Wu, Markus P. Nemitz, Masoud Shirzad, Dageon Oh, Seung Yun Nam, Amedeo Franco Bonatti, Irene Chiesa, Gabriele Maria Fortunato, Giovanni Vozzi, Carmelo De Maria, Mahdi Bodaghi   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

More Than 10 Years on: Does a State‐of‐the‐Art Review and Synthesis Offer New Frameworks to Guide Future Design for Remanufacturing Research?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is strong evidence that design for remanufacturing (DfRem) can reduce initial‐design carbon emissions by up to 30%, and that product design can critically affect remanufacturing feasibility, yet academic adoption of DfRem remains limited.
Okechukwu Okorie, Yogendra Singh, Jennifer Russell, Chris Turner, Kingsley Oturu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Visual Touch-Up Calibration Method in Robot Laser Spot Welding Application

Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2016
The article is describing the use of visual touch-up calibration method for defining the mathematical transformations used in a shopfloor measurement and welding robot cell in the protector assembly process. The presented system is designed as a robust and cheap solution, using only the equipment needed for the production tasks in the robot cell.
Munih, Marko, Rejc, Jure
openaire   +2 more sources