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Synchronizing a modular robot colony for cooperative tasks based on intrainter robot communications [PDF]

, 2011
The implementation of robotic cooperative tasks such as pushing an object toward a desired destination or manipulating an object using mobile robots or robotic arms requires motion coordination between the robot colony. When a robot is built by the union
Baca Garcia, Jose Antonio, Ferre Pérez, Manuel, Aracil Santonja, Rafael   +2 more
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Interaction‐Driven Assembly Pathways in Heterogeneous Active Microrobotic Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Peanut‐ and cube‐shaped light‐powered microrobots exhibit distinct magnetic and photocatalytic responses that determine their heterogeneous self‐assembly. In the dark, magnetic dipole interactions drive colloidal copolymerization with cubes acting as nucleation centers, whereas under light irradiation, phoretic interactions compete with magnetic ...
Domenico Calabrò, Roshan Velluvakandy, Martin Pumera, Francesco Priolo, Salvo Mirabella, Mario Urso   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D Hydrodynamic Flow Lithography

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Continuous‐ and stop‐flow lithography are widely used to fabricate multi‐dimensional microstructures whose cross‐sectional morphology is dictated by the flow profile of multiple co‐flowing streams. Here, we introduce three‐dimensional hydrodynamic flow lithography (3D HFL), a platform for programmable generation of multi‐layered flow profiles ...
Yiying Zou, Mehmet Akif Sahin, Muhammad Zia Ullah Khan, Muhammad Usman Akhtar, Daniel Stoecklein, Ghulam Destgeer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cooperation in Evolved Modular Soft Robots

Self-assembly is the ability of natural beings to aggregate in a suitable structure in order to tackle complex tasks that could not be solved by single individuals. Robotics tries to replicate this ability to solve complex problems using artificial embodied physical agents.
Paolo Baldini, Michele Braccini, Filippo Benvenuti, Eric Medvet, Andrea Roli, Francesco Rusin   +5 more
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Design and Characterization of a Two‐Dimensional Soft Array Based on Cooperative Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A fully polymeric two‐dimensional array of Dielectric Elastomers enables self‐sensing, cooperative actuation, and large‐stroke operation in a DE‐based autonomous conveyor. Based only on voltage and current measurements at actuator level, the system detects the presence of a ball and subsequently drives it toward a target position.
Saverio Addario, Alberto Priuli, Giovanni Soleti, Sebastian Gratz‐Kelly, Benjamin Zemlin, Stefan Seelecke, Gianluca Rizzello   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamically Actuated Reconfigurable Topographical Surface Enables Active Control of Implant‐Associated Infections

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface (DARTS) integrates contact‐mediated bactericidal nanotopography with programmable mechanical actuation to actively disrupt bacterial biofilms. Dynamic surface reconfiguration enhances bacterial killing and suppresses implant‐associated infections in vivo, providing a new strategy for active ...
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash, Jihun Lee, J. Scott VanEpps, Sungmin Nam, Jouha Min   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Bionic Design in The Field of Soft Robots [PDF]

ITM Web of Conferences
Soft robots have attracted extensive attention due to their good flexibility and adaptability to the environment, and the design idea of bionics is an important development direction of soft robots.
Wei Zhengcheng
doaj   +1 more source

ToBI - Team of Bielefeld: The Human-Robot Interaction System for RoboCup@Home 2009 [PDF]

, 2009
Wachsmuth S, Hanheide M, Siepmann F, Spexard T. ToBI - Team of Bielefeld: The Human-Robot Interaction System for RoboCup@Home 2009. Graz, Austria; 2009.The ToBI robocup team has been newly founded in Jan 2009 in order to proceed existing long-term ...
Hanheide, Marc, Spexard, Thorsten, Siepmann, Frederic, Wachsmuth, Sven ; https://orcid.org/   +3 more
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Confinement‐Engineered Thermally Programmed Ion‐Gating Separator for Decoupling Thermal–Electrochemical Feedback in High‐Energy Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A new phase‐change material encapsulated membrane offers more thermal resilience stability and safety than the conventional separators for batteries. ABSTRACT Thermal runaway in lithium‐ion batteries arises from the intrinsic coupling between heat generation and ion transport, yet conventional shutdown separators primarily rely on passive pore collapse
Sumedha Rajpoot, Wei‐Nien Su, Sheng‐Chiang Yang, Yu Chun Huang, Wahyu Fiqih Virdiansyah, Ashok Ranjan, Han‐Hsuan Hsieh, Chia‐Lung Hsieh, Yu‐Wei Li, Yosef Nikodimos, Zabish Bilew Muche, Yu Jen Liang, Chia‐Chi Wang, Chih‐Ching Liu, Gao‐Jhih Liang, Chun‐Chen Yang, She‐Huang Wu, Bing Joe Hwang   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Modular Soft Robot for Pipeline Crawling Based on Thin-Film Actuators

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Building upon previously developed thin-film modular soft actuators for elongation and deflection, this study develops a modular soft robot for pipeline locomotion, addressing insufficient anchoring capability in confined environments.
Xilai Jin, Zhiwei Ji, Anqi Guo, Siqi Yu, Guoqing Jin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source