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Variable Stiffness Structures in Biomimetic Robotic Fish: A Review of Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Shao H, Lin C, Yang Z, Deng L, Yang J, He X, Xie F.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mechanostimulatory Cues Determine Intestinal Fibroblast Fate and Profibrotic Remodeling in a Physiodynamic Human Gut‐on‐a‐Chip

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A healthy gut barrier shields underlying fibroblasts from luminal shear forces, illustrating that “good fences make good neighbors.” Barrier damage exposes fibroblasts to shear stress, inducing cell death and the emergence of stress‐adapted, profibrotic fibroblasts. Sustained shear exposure promotes the formation of stiff aggregates of mechanoadapative
Soyoun Min, Nam Than, Yong Cheol Shin, Elif G. Ertugral, Chandrasekhar R. Kothapalli, Olumuyiwa Awoniyi, Hyun Jung Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy-Efficient Actuation for Wearable Exoskeletons: A Virtual Prototype. [PDF]

Appl Bionics Biomech
Ghaffar A, Rehman A, Riaz MT, Mahmud MMSA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Soft Robotic Model for Simulating Heart Valve Disease and Cardiac Interventions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This paper introduces a fully synthetic fabrication methodology for a soft robotic, in‐vitro model of the left‐heart, complete with a functioning mitral valve apparatus. With a view towards patient‐specific modeling, we demonstrate physiological flow and pressure waveforms, tunable mitral valve function with clinical imaging compatibility, and its use ...
James Davies, Emanuele Nicotra, Kefan Zhu, Chi Cong Nguyen, Bibhu Sharma, Adrienne Ji, Phuoc Thien Phan, Jingjing Wan, Patrick Pruscino, Hermione Truong, Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina, Hoang‐Phuong Phan, Christopher Hayward, Nigel Hamilton Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

An open-source test stand for backlash measurement in low-cost UART servo motors. [PDF]

HardwareX
Kotov B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Multimodal Wearable Biosensing Meets Multidomain AI: A Pathway to Decentralized Healthcare

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multimodal biosensing meets multidomain AI. Wearable biosensors capture complementary biochemical and physiological signals, while cross‐device, population‐aware learning aligns noisy, heterogeneous streams. This Review distills key sensing modalities, fusion and calibration strategies, and privacy‐preserving deployment pathways that transform ...
Chenshu Liu, Haolin Fan, Minwoo Kim, Tong Zhou, Pinyi Yang, Lingdi Zhao, Yiran Wang, Ziyuan Che, Chia‐Wei Liu, Bingbing Li, Yangzhi Zhu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bistable origami thermal switch with high switching ratios. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Tan B, Lyu J, Yang F, Xu K, Qiao S, Song B, Yang L, Liu K.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Metal‐Free Molecular Ferroelectric With Large Piezoelectricity and Its Porous Composite for Superior Output Power Density

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Metal‐free molecular crystal [(CH3C6H10NH3)(18‐crown‐6)][ClO4] functions as a high‐performance molecular ferroelectric. Through strategic methylation of the cyclohexylamine unit, the compound achieves large spontaneous polarization and outstanding piezoelectric coefficients.
Nan Chen, Wenjuan Wei, Le Ye, Lingyu Wan, Yen Wei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Research of Multi Segment Exoskeleton Reconfigurable Soft Finger Actuator. [PDF]

Med Devices (Auckl)
Zhang Z, Calderon AD, Lai J, Wang H, Hu X, Chen D, Liang C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source