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Effects of Causal Beliefs About Gout on Public Views About Gout Management: A Randomized Experimental Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Despite well‐described biologic causes, the public views unhealthy lifestyle choices as the primary cause of gout. This study investigated how causal beliefs about gout influence the public's views about its management. Methods In a randomized study, 201 members of the public viewed one of two 2‐minute videos about gout.
Rachel Murdoch, Borislav Mihov, Anne Horne, Keith J. Petrie, Gregory D. Gamble, Lachlan Fleck, Nicola Dalbeth   +6 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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Variable Stiffness Flexure Structures Enabled by Phase‐Change Gallium and Adhesive Interfacial Locking for Soft Robotic Applications

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A flexure‐based variable stiffness structure is developed by integrating phase‐change modulation and adhesive interfacial locking of gallium. The design enables a wide stiffness variability, transitioning from soft, flexible behavior to rigid, load‐supporting performance.
Sungjin Kim, Sohee John Yoon, Yong‐Lae Park   +2 more
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Vision‐Based Online Key Point Estimation of Deformable Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems
The precise control of soft and continuum robots requires knowledge of their shape, which has, in contrast to classical rigid robots, infinite degrees of freedom.
Hehui Zheng, Sebastian Pinzello, Barnabas Gavin Cangan, Thomas J. K. Buchner, Robert K. Katzschmann   +4 more
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Usability Assessment of Body Controlled Electric Hand Prostheses: A Pilot Study

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2021
Poly-articulated hands, actuated by multiple motors and controlled by surface myoelectric technologies, represent the most advanced aids among commercial prostheses.
Sasha B. Godfrey, Sasha B. Godfrey, Cristina Piazza, Federica Felici, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Manuel G. Catalano   +8 more
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Soft robotic patterning of liquids

Scientific Reports, 2023
AbstractPatterning of two or more liquids, either homogeneous in each phase or mixed with particles (including biological matter, such as cells and proteins), by controlling their flow dynamics, is relevant to several applications. Examples include dynamic spatial confinement of liquids in microfluidic systems (such as lab-on-a-chip and organ-on-a-chip
Sasso, G, Pugno, N, Busfield, JJC, Carpi, F   +3 more
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Air‐Pressure–Actuated Vibroacoustic Metamaterial With Tunable Bandgap: Design, Modeling, and Characterization

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the design, modeling, and characterization of air‐pressure–actuated programmable vibroacoustic metamaterials (PVAMM). The study focuses on leveraging air pressure to dynamically tune resonance frequencies for effective noise attenuation.
William Kaal, Michael M. Becker, Sarah C. L. Fischer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrohydraulic musculoskeletal robotic leg for agile, adaptive, yet energy-efficient locomotion

Nature Communications
Robotic locomotion in unstructured terrain demands an agile, adaptive, and energy-efficient architecture. To traverse such terrains, legged robots use rigid electromagnetic motors and sensorized drivetrains to adapt to the environment actively.
Thomas J. K. Buchner, Toshihiko Fukushima, Amirhossein Kazemipour, Stephan-Daniel Gravert, Manon Prairie, Pascal Romanescu, Philip Arm, Yu Zhang, Xingrui Wang, Steven L. Zhang, Johannes Walter, Christoph Keplinger, Robert K. Katzschmann   +12 more
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A Configurable Architecture for Two Degree-of-Freedom Variable Stiffness Actuators to Match the Compliant Behavior of Human Joints

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
Living beings modulate the impedance of their joints to interact proficiently, robustly, and safely with the environment. These observations inspired the design of soft articulated robots with the development of Variable Impedance and Variable Stiffness ...
Simon Lemerle, Simon Lemerle, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Antonio Bicchi, Giorgio Grioli   +5 more
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Low‐Temperature Imidization of Polyimides (PI) for Scalable Manufacturing of Flexible Wearable Electronics

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Low‐temperature imidization of PEG‐modified polyimide enables fully screen‐printed, roll‐to‐roll fabrication of flexible electrodes on PET substrates, delivering robust mechanical durability and reliable ECG/EMG signal performance for wearable electronics.
Akib Abdullah Khan, Jong‐Hoon Kim
wiley   +1 more source