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Load and Positional Constraints’ Impact on the Accuracy and Dynamic Performance of an Autonomous Adaptive Electrohydraulic Pump-Controlled Actuator for Mobile Equipment

Actuators
This study investigates the external load and positional constraints’ impact on the accuracy and performance of an autonomous adaptive electrohydraulic actuator with pump control intended for mobile equipment.
Alexey N. Beskopylny, Evgeniy Ivliev, Vyacheslav Grishchenko, Denis Medvedev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual‐Functional Ingestible Passive Capsules for High‐Throughput Intestinal Sampling with Sealed Containment and Targeted Drug Delivery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
To address challenges in high‐throughput intestinal sampling with sealed containment and target drug delivery, we developed a dual‐functional ingestible passive capsule with a dual‐triggered control system based on pH‐response and mechanical actuation.
Libing Huang, Houyu Ling, Xizong Chen, Yufei Duan, Yu Liu, Shuntian Cai, Yandan Ren, Wenlong Li, Lei Ren, Miao Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The MEGAPIE-TEST Project [PDF]

, 2003
The goals of the MEGAPIE initiative are to design, build and operate a 1MW heavy liquid metal target. The first step towards the realization of the MEGAPIE target was the feasibility studies, which outlined the entire project.
Agostini, P., Auger, T., Dai, Y., Fazio, C., Gorse, D., Groeschel, F., Guertin, Arnaud, Heyck, H., Kirchner, T., Laffont, G., Leung, W., Smith, B.,, Stieglitz, R., Strinning, A., U. Knebel, J., Vogt, J.B., Wagner, W.   +16 more
core   +2 more sources

Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Boron dilution benchmark using COBAYA3/FLICA4 coupled codes within the NURISP European Project [PDF]

, 2012
Within the subproject 3 of the NURISP project three neutron kinetic codes have been implemented into the NURESIM platform. For all three codes (CRONOS2, COBAYA3 and DYN3D) the coupling with the thermal hydraulic code FLICA4 was accomplished using the ...
Ahnert Iglesias, Carolina, Cuervo Gómez, Diana, García Herranz, Nuria, Herrero Carrascosa, José Javier, Jiménez Varas, Gonzalo   +4 more
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
wiley   +1 more source

Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced 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, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CFD Simulation of Boiling Flows with an Eulerian-Eulerian Two-Fluid Model [PDF]

, 2017
In the nuclear field, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is being applied increasingly often to improve the prediction of the boiling flows that are to some extent experienced in almost all water-cooled reactors.
Colombo, M, Fairweather, M
core  

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced 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

CSP Plant Thermal-hydraulic Simulation

Energy Procedia, 2014
AbstractIn the frame of the development of new solar plants and their innovative components, our research activities focus on theoretical elaborations and simulation to support basic design and assistance to manufacturing. The aim is to describe the use of Relap5 code [1] for analyzing the thermal-hydraulic behavior of a CSP Plant based on parabolic ...
openaire   +2 more sources