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Development of intelligent McKibben actuator

, 2005
The aim of this study is to develop an intelligent McKibben actuator with an integrated soft displacement sensor inside, so that displacement of this actuator can be controlled without having any extra devices attached.
S. Wakimoto, Suzumori, Koichi, T. Kanda, Kanda, Takefumi, Wakimoto, Shuichi, K. Suzumori   +5 more
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Experimental Safety Study on Soft-tissue Injury in Robotics

, 2011
This article details the analysis of soft-tissue injuries caused by sharp tools that are mounted on/grasped by a robot. The evaluation is considered as the next step down the road to a complete safety analysis of robots for humanâ  robot interaction ...
Hirzinger, Gerd, Albu-Schäffer, Alin Olimpiu, Haddadin, Fahed, Roßmann, Jürgen, Haddadin, Sami   +4 more
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A flexible sensor for soft-bodied robots based on electrical impedance tomography

, 2018
Soft robotics is a well established research field that is already making an impact on the robotic community in many different ways. Despite this, the paradigm of soft materials brings also enormous challenges and unique problems.
Visentin, F., Paolo Fiorini, Francesco Visentin, Fiorini, P.   +3 more
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Optical Fiber Sensor Performance Evaluation in Soft Polyimide Film with Different Thickness Ratios

Sensors, 2019
To meet the application requirements of curvature measurement for soft biomedical robotics and flexible morphing wings of aircraft, the optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) shape sensor for soft robots and flexible morphing wing was implemented.
Yanlin He, Xu Zhang, Lianqing Zhu, Guangkai Sun, Xiaoping Lou, Mingli Dong   +5 more
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Wavelet based flickering flame detector using differential PIR sensors [PDF]

, 2011
A Pyro-electric Infrared (PIR) sensor based flame detection system is proposed using a Markovian decision algorithm. A differential PIR sensor is only sensitive to sudden temperature variations within its viewing range and it produces a time-varying ...
Kose, K., Çetin, A. Enis, Soyer, E. B., Toreyin, B. Ugur, Inac, Ihsan, Kose, Kivanc, Inac, I., Toreyinb, B. Ugur, Töreyin, Behçet Uğur, ÇETİN, AHMET ENİS, Soyer, E. Birey, Toreyin, B. U., Erden, Fatih, Cetind, A. Enis, Gunay, Osman, Gunayc, Osman, Gunay, O., Erden, F.   +17 more
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Versatile graceful degradation framework for bio-inspired proprioception with redundant soft sensors

Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Reliable proprioception and feedback from soft sensors are crucial for enabling soft robots to function intelligently in real-world environments. Nevertheless, soft sensors are fragile and are susceptible to various damage sources in such environments ...
Taku Sugiyama, Kyo Kutsuzawa, Dai Owaki, Elijah Almanzor, Fumiya Iida, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe   +5 more
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Soft-sensor Modeling of Product Particle Size in Ball Milling Circuits Based on Fuzzy Neural Networks with Particle Swarm Optimization

, 2009
By combining particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) with fuzzy neural networks (FNN), a PSO fuzzy neural networks (PSO-FNN) was proposed. Then PSO-FNN was applied in soft-sensor modeling of product particle size in ball milling circuits.
Wu XG(吴星刚), Yuan MZ(苑明哲)
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Inherently integrated microfiber-based flexible proprioceptive sensor for feedback-controlled soft actuators

npj Flexible Electronics
For the accurate and continuous control of soft actuators in dynamic environments, the movements of the soft actuators must be monitored in real-time.
Hwajoong Kim, Hyunbin Na, Seungbeom Noh, Shinwon Chang, Jinho Kim, Taejune Kong, Gyowook Shin, Chankyu Lee, Seonggyu Lee, Yong-Lae Park, Sehoon Oh, Jaehong Lee   +11 more
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Research on the generation method of missing data for soft measurement based on GAN

Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao
To solve the problem of low precision in soft sensor models caused by sensor data loss in industrial processes, a new method of sensor data generation based on generative adversarial nets (GAN) is proposed.
JIANG Dongnian, WANG Renjie
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Nature-Inspired Adaptive Architecture for Soft Sensor Modelling

This paper gives a general overview of the challenges present in the research field of Soft Sensor building and proposes a novel architecture for building of Soft Sensors, which copes with the identified challenges.
Gabrys, Bogdan, Kadlec, Petr
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