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A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The phonetic description of the voice of teachers from public schools in São Paulo

open access: yesDistúrbios da Comunicação
Introduction: This study focuses on the phonetic assessment of voice quality using speech samples from public school teachers in São Paulo. Purpose: To describe vocal quality settings (VQS) in articulatory, phonatory, muscular tension aspects, and vocal ...
Ana Carolina Nascimento Fernandes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Miniaturized Magnetic Tip Design for Endoluminal Vine Robot Navigation

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A magnetic tip mount is designed for a miniaturized 7 mm soft‐growing vine robot to enable wireless magnetic steering and onboard imaging, while preserving a 3 mm working channel. The internal–external ring magnets design balances magnetic attachment with low eversion pressure. Experiments demonstrate ±90° steering, 34 mm bending radius, and successful
Andrea Yanez Trujillo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of cervical traction with and without EMG biofeedback in patients with cervical radiculopathy- A randomised controlled trial

open access: yesJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To find out the effects of cervical traction with and without electromyography biofeedback on range of motion, pain, level of disability and muscle tension.
Sana Sabir   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Light‐Driven Quadrupedal Walking Biohybrid Robot With Antagonistic Muscle‐Rings and Inclined Joints

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a light‐driven quadrupedal walking biohybrid robot powered by antagonistic muscle‐rings that achieve alternating walking gait. Optical training improved reproducibility of cultured muscle tissues, while caffeine treatment enhanced contractile force.
Shotaro Saito   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consecuencias clínicas de la disfunción muscular en la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica Clinic consequences of the muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

open access: yesNutrición Hospitalaria, 2006
La función de los músculos respiratorios, y principalmente los inspiratorios, está alterada en pacientes con EPOC. La mayoría de estas alteraciones se deben fundamentalmente a la hiperinsuflación pulmonar que deja en situación desventajosa a estos ...
J. Sauleda Roig
doaj  

Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efectos del entrenamiento contra resistencias o resistance training en diversas patologías

open access: yesNutrición Hospitalaria
La fuerza influye directamente en el estado de salud y en la capacidad de fitness, motivo por el que el entrenamiento contra resistencias o resistance training (RT) se incluye dentro de aquellos programas de ejercicio encaminados a mejorar la salud y ...
Raúl Domínguez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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