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Biology and bioinspiration of soft robotics: Actuation, sensing, and system integration
iScience, 2021 Summary: Organisms in nature grow with senses, nervous, and actuation systems coordinated in ingenious ways to sustain metabolism and other essential life activities. The understanding of biological structures and functions guide the construction of soft
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018 Abstract This description of “soft robotics” is not intended to be a conventional review, in the sense of a comprehensive technical summary of a developing field. Rather, its objective is to describe soft robotics as a new field—one that offers opportunities to chemists and ...
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A wearable wrist haptic display for motion tracking and force feedback in the operational space
Wearable Technologies, 2021 Force feedback is often beneficial for robotic teleoperation, as it enhances the user’s remote perception. Over the years, many kinesthetic haptic displays (KHDs) have been proposed for this purpose, which have different types of interaction and feedback,
Marco Laghi +3 more
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A Supernumerary Soft Robotic Limb for Reducing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndromes Risks
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 The most common causes of the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) have been identified as joint overloading, bad postures, and vibrations.
Andrea S. Ciullo +4 more
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, 2016 Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) represents the gold standard in the majority of abdominal operations, although some fundamental limitations are still present and are far to be really addressed despite emerging robotic solutions. Flexible endoscopes can exploit their high flexibility to reach the surgical target while being inserted remotely or by a ...
Cianchetti M., Menciassi A.
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Automated Hand Flexor Tendon–Thickness Measurement in Systemic Sclerosis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) can affect flexor tendons, contributing to hand function problems and reduced quality of life. Tendon changes are currently assessed with ultrasonography and measured manually, a time‐consuming process prone to interobserver variability.
Mark Greveling +4 more
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Co-optimized volumetric muscle design for large dynamic deformations in versatile biohybrid robots
Nature CommunicationsBiohybrid robots use engineered living muscle tissue as actuators, offering self-organization, adaptability, and self-healing. Current designs focus on improving muscle physiology but overlook the interplay between muscle and scaffold in the robot’s ...
Aiste Balciunaite +5 more
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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.
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Soft is Safe: Human-Robot Interaction for Soft Robots
CoRRWith the presence of robots increasing in the society, the need for interacting with robots is becoming necessary. The field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has emerged important since more repetitive and tiresome jobs are being done by robots.
Rajashekhar V. S, Gowdham Prabhakar
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Foundations and Trends® in Robotics, 2017 There has been a boost of research activities in robotics using soft materials in the past ten years. It is expected that the use and control of soft materials can help realize robotic systems that are safer, cheaper, and more adaptable than the level that the conventional rigid-material robots can achieve.
Liyu Wang +2 more
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