Drivers of sustainable practices in a developing country's garment and textile industry: The role of sustainability challenges, limited material access, and economic constraints. [PDF]
Safo-Ankama K +3 more
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Remote Control of Hand Actuators via Glove Sensors for Medical Care Applications
This study presents a novel textile‐based sensory glove–actuator system for remote medical care, explored through finite element simulations. By integrating capacitive sensors, pneumatic actuators, and machine learning, the system models real‐time hand movement control.
Bahman Taherkhani, Mahdi Bodaghi
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Molecular Identification and Characterisation of a Spiro-Indoline-Benzoxadiazine Derivative for Photochromic Textile Sensors. [PDF]
Sąsiadek-Andrzejczak E +8 more
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A novel carbon fiber reinforcement for dielectric elastomer actuators enhances actuation force while decoupling electromechanical performance from the actuator's aspect ratio. Unlike conventional fiber reinforcements, it enables a uniform planar stretch state along the entire actuator.
Markus Koenigsdorff +8 more
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CHINTEXDB-PERU28: A unique dataset of traditional textile iconographies from Chinchero, Peru for cultural preservation and image recognition. [PDF]
Farfan Enriquez G +5 more
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Auto‐Routing Fluidic Printed Circuit Boards
This work introduces (STREAM) software tool for routing efficiently advanced macrofluidics, an open‐source software tool for automating the design of 3D‐printable fluidic circuit boards. STREAM streamlines tube routing and layout, enabling the rapid fabrication of fluidic networks for soft robotics, lab‐on‐a‐chip devices, microfluidics, and biohybrid ...
Savita V. Kendre +3 more
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High-energy-density aqueous magnesium metal battery textiles enable ultrasensitive pressure sensing across -40° to 100°C. [PDF]
Jia Y +5 more
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy
Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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Bio-Inspired Thermoregulatory Textile Enabled by Flexible Bidirectional Shape Memory Polymer. [PDF]
Yan J +6 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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