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Wearable haptic systems for the fingertip and the hand: taxonomy, review and perspectives [PDF]

, 2017
In the last decade, we have witnessed a drastic change in the form factor of audio and vision technologies, from heavy and grounded machines to lightweight devices that naturally fit our bodies.
Frisoli, Antonio, Hayward, Vincent, Pacchierotti, Claudio, Prattichizzo, Domenico, Sinclair, Stephen, Solazzi, Massimiliano   +5 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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A Human-Robot Interaction Perspective on Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics [PDF]

, 2017
Assistive and rehabilitation devices are a promising and challenging field of recent robotics research. Motivated by societal needs such as aging populations, such devices can support motor functionality and subject training. The design, control, sensing,
Argall, Brenna D., Beckerle, Philipp, Ben Amor, Heni, Bianchi, Matteo, Castellini, Claudio, Ciocarlie, Matei, Endo, Satoshi, Hirche, Sandra, Mastrogiovanni, Fulvio, Prattichizzo, Domenico, Rossi, Simone, Salvietti, Gionata, Ünal, Ramazan   +12 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
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A Pneumatic Soft Glove System Based on Bidirectional Bending Functionality for Rehabilitation

Biomimetics
Stroke-related hand dysfunction significantly limits the ability to perform daily activities. Pneumatic soft gloves can provide rehabilitation training and support for individuals with impaired hand function, enhancing their independence.
Xiaohui Wang, Qinkun Cheng, Zhifeng Wang, Yongxu Lu, Zhaowei Zhang, Xingang Zhao   +5 more
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Robot Composite Learning and the Nunchaku Flipping Challenge

, 2017
Advanced motor skills are essential for robots to physically coexist with humans. Much research on robot dynamics and control has achieved success on hyper robot motor capabilities, but mostly through heavily case-specific engineering.
Davies, Dylan, Lu, Lu, Ouyang, Bo, Patil, Siddharth, Wang, Cong, Zhao, Leidi, Zhao, Yiwen   +6 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
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Soft Pneumatic Gelatin Actuator for Edible Robotics [PDF]

, 2017
We present a fully edible pneumatic actuator based on gelatin-glycerol composite. The actuator is monolithic, fabricated via a molding process, and measures 90 mm in length, 20 mm in width, and 17 mm in thickness.
Floreano, Dario, Paik, Jamie, Piskarev, Egor, Shintake, Jun, Sonar, Harshal   +4 more
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
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Design, fabrication and control of soft robots [PDF]

, 2014
Conventionally, engineers have employed rigid materials to fabricate precise, predictable robotic systems, which are easily modelled as rigid members connected at discrete joints. Natural systems, however, often match or exceed the performance of robotic
A Albu-Schaffer, AA Stokes, AD Marchese, AD Marchese, AM Gaikwad, B Mazzolai, B Mosadegh, BA Jones, C Laschi, C Laschi, C Majidi, C Majidi, C Majidi, C Paul, C-P Chou, CD Onal, CD Onal, D Trivedi, D-H Kim, DB Camarillo, DM Vogt, E Brown, ET Roche, F Ilievski, F Renda, F Saunders, G Sumbre, GG Wallace, GS Chirikjian, H Hauser, H Lin, H Lipson, H Lipson, H Schulte, H-T Lin, I Ieropoulos, IA Gravagne, J Hiller, J Rieffel, J Snyder, JA Rogers, JC Nawroth, JG Cham, JR Amend, JT Muth, K Jung, K Suzumori, KJ Cho, L Chambers, L Margheri, M Calisti, M Cianchetti, M Goldfarb, M Kaltenbrunner, M Luo, M Wehner, MH Dickinson, ML Hammock, MT Tolley, MW Hannan, N Correll, N Li, NG Cheng, O Khatib, R Pfeifer, RF Shepherd, RF Shepherd, RF Taylor, RJ Full, RJ Webster, RK Kramer, RV Martinez, S Kim, S Neppalli, S Sanan, S Seok, S Xu, S Yang, SA Morin, T Suga, W McMahan, W Shan, Y Bar-Cohen, Y Mengüç, Y Xia, Y Yekutieli, Y-L Park   +86 more
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