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Microstructure Reconstruction in Battery Electrodes Using Machine Learning Based on Low‐Voltage Focused Ion Beam–Scanning Electron Microscopy Tomography Images

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Low‐voltage FIB‐SEM tomography combined with a image preprocessing pipeline improves phase contrast and enables reliable machine‐learning segmentation of conductive networks in lithium‐ion battery electrodes. Structural descriptors are extracted from segmented images, done semimanually and automated, and compared.
Lisa Beran, Vincent Nebel, Dominik Perius, Kshitij Kumar, Yannis Heim, Laura Bies, Tobias Kraus   +6 more
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Locomotion analysis and optimization of actinomorphic robots with soft arms actuated by shape memory alloy wires

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2018
This article presents the locomotion analysis and optimization of actinomorphic soft robots, which are composed of soft arms actuated by shape memory alloy wires.
Chunshan Liu, Erbao Dong, Min Xu, Gursel Alici, Jie Yang   +4 more
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Stretchable electroadhesion for soft robots [PDF]

2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014
With the ongoing rise of soft robots there emerges a need for new soft robotic technologies that can cope with hyper-flexibility and stretchability. In this paper, we describe our developments on enabling controllable adhesion, namely electroadhesion, for the use in soft robots.
Germann, Jürg Markus, Schubert, Bryan Edward, Floreano, Dario   +2 more
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Additive Manufacturing of Alumina‐Reinforced Elastomers

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Vat‐photopolymerized elastomers reinforced with platelet‐shaped alumina exhibited preferential orientation, reduced porosity, and significantly enhanced mechanical performance. A 3 wt% platelet loading increased tensile strength from 12.4 to 45.7 MPa, highlighting the critical role of filler morphology in elastomeric VPP composites.
Majid Barzegar Keyvani, Zongwen Fu, Robert Göstl, Hamed Shokri, Carmine Putignano, Gianluca Percoco, Bilal Gökce   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modular state-based behavior control for safe human-robot interaction: A lightweight control architecture for a lightweight robot [PDF]

, 2011
In this paper we present a novel control architecture for realizing human-friendly behaviors and intuitive state based programming. The design implements strategies that take advantage of sophisticated soft-robotics features for providing reactive ...
Albu-Schäffer, Alin Olimpiu, Haddadin, Sami, Alin Albu-Schaffer, Parusel, Sven, Sami Haddadin, Sven Parusel   +5 more
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Superlubricity and Corrosion Inhibition Properties of Solvate Ionic Liquids in Hybrid Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic–Steel Interfaces

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Solvate ionic liquids lubrication reduced the coefficient of friction by ∼60% compared to dry sliding, reaching steady‐state values as low as 0.04–0.05. Corrosion weight‐loss measurements in 1 M HCl further demonstrated significant inhibition behavior, with only 100 ppm of [Li(G3)][TFSI] (∼68.5 μL/L) reducing corrosion‐product weight loss by 63 ...
Sameh Dabees, Timothy Harte, Bhagya Dharmasiri, Y. Athulya Wickramasingha, David J. Hayne, Daniel J. Eyckens, Luke C. Henderson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Proposal for a Multi-Drive Heterogeneous Modular Pipe- Inspection Micro-Robot [PDF]

, 2008
This paper presents the architecture used to develop a micro-robot for narrow pipes inspection. Both the electromechanical design and the control scheme will be described. In pipe environments it is very useful to have a method to retrieve information of
Brunete González, Alberto, Torres Matesanz, José Emilio, Hernando Gutiérrez, Miguel, Gambao Galán, Ernesto   +3 more
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Adaptive Foam 3D Printing of Ultralight and Multifunctional Materials

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Adaptive foam 3D printing, enabled by expandable microspheres, imparts cellular structures to thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, manufactured through a variety of processes including fused filament fabrication, direct ink writing, digital light processing, and inkjet printing.
Nariman Rajabifar, Amir Ameli
wiley   +1 more source

Powerful 2D Soft Morphing Actuator Propels Giant Manta Ray Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022
Soft actuator is the main technology that drives the development of soft robotics as it defines the capabilities of soft machines. One of the key challenges in soft actuator research is to simultaneously produce complex morphing (e.g., surface morphing ...
Yi Sun, Hui Feng, Xinquan Liang, Aaron J. Y. Goh, Peng Qi, Miao Li, Marcelo H. Ang Jr, Raye C. H. Yeow   +7 more
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Towards a Soft Science of Soft Robots. A Call for a Place for Aesthetics in Soft Robotics Research

ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 2023
The position paper presents an argument that aesthetic theory and practice are pertinent to the rapidly expanding field of soft robotics. Soft robotics as an aesthetic phenomenon is introduced and contextualized drawing on the author's own research and practice.
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