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A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff, Simon Holzer, Stefania Konstantinidi, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A modified rotational friction damper for seismic performance enhancement of steel structures considering soil-structure interaction

Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience
This study introduces and evaluates a novel Modified Rotational Friction Damper (MRFD) developed to overcome the limitations of conventional friction dampers in seismic protection.
Saeed Abachi, AliReza Lork, Ali Nikkhoo
doaj   +1 more source

Seismic Performance of Long-Span Continuous Rigid-Frame Bridge Equipped with Steel Wire Rope Damper Isolation Bearings

Buildings
Aiming to address the seismic vulnerability of long-span continuous rigid-frame bridges in high-intensity seismic zones, this study proposes to use a novel annular steel wire rope damper spherical bearing (SWD-SB) to dissipate the input earthquake energy
Xiaoli Liu, Penglei Zhao, Yongzhi Chen, Bin Huang, Zhifeng Wu, Kai Yang, Zijun Weng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shape Memory Alloys for Civil Engineering. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2023
Fang C, Qiu C, Zheng Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Design and Modeling of a High‐Displacement, Skin‐Integrated Flexible Electromagnetic Actuator for Haptic Interfaces in Virtual Reality

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A flexible, skin‐integrated electromagnetic actuator is developed for wearable virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) haptic systems. A tunable design model enables control over displacement and resonance frequency. The system is validated through a custom VR application with a 6 × 4 actuator array, demonstrating real‐time, spatially targeted tactile ...
Naji Tarabay, Alexandra Zhang Jiang, Ziteng Liu, Rachel Villamor, Derek Cha, Ananya Renuka Balakrishna, Tianshu Liu, Priyanshu Agarwal, Rainer Dömer, Camilo Velez   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Superelastic Nickel-Titanium (NiTi)-Based Smart Alloys for Enhancing the Performance of Concrete Structures. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2023
Alshannag MJ, Alqarni AS, Higazey MM.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Importance of Metal‐Organic Framework Linker Atoms for CO2 Reduction: A DFT Study

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Using DFT, we examine the role of linker atoms in CO2 reduction on copper‐based metal organic frameworks (Cu MOFs). Our calculations reveal that linker atoms may serve as both CO2 and H‐shuttling sites and suggest linker electrostatics as a descriptor for linker activity. ABSTRACT Although the metal within the secondary building unit of a metal‐organic
Ugochukwu Nwosu, Samira Siahrostami
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Hysteretic Behavior of Friction Energy Dissipation Composite Chord under Quasi-Static Tests. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2023
Zhou Q, He W, Zhou Z, Guo W, Liu S.
europepmc   +1 more source