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Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliant Pneumatic Feet with Real‐Time Stiffness Adaptation for Humanoid Locomotion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A compliant pneumatic foot with real‐time variable stiffness enables humanoid robots to adapt to changing terrains. Using onboard vision and pressure control, the foot modulates stiffness within each gait cycle, reducing impact forces and improving balance. The design, cast in soft silicone with embedded air chambers and Kevlar wrapping, offers durable,
Irene Frizza, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Philippe Fraisse, Gentiane Venture   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between functional ability, toe flexor strength, and plantar pressure of hallux valgus in young female adults: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2020
Background The prevalence of hallux valgus (HV) increases with age in females. Several studies have investigated the relationship between foot problems, including HV, and falls in older individuals. This study aimed to examine whether HV causes a decline
Mieko Yokozuka, Kanako Okazaki, Yuko Sakamoto, Koko Takahashi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-drying: a gecko's innate ability to remove water from wet toe pads. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
When the adhesive toe pads of geckos become wet, they become ineffective in enabling geckos to stick to substrates. This result is puzzling given that many species of gecko are endemic to tropical environments where water covered surfaces are ubiquitous.
Alyssa Y Stark, Nicholas A Wucinich, Eva L Paoloni, Peter H Niewiarowski, Ali Dhinojwala   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multimodal Human–Robot Interaction Using Human Pose Estimation and Local Large Language Models

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A multimodal human–robot interaction framework integrates human pose estimation (HPE) and a large language model (LLM) for gesture‐ and voice‐based robot control. Speech‐to‐text (STT) enables voice command interpretation, while a safety‐aware arbitration mechanism prioritizes gesture input for rapid intervention.
Nasiru Aboki, Ilche Georgievski, Marco Aiello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchical Artificial Muscle with Nonlinear Elasticity for Antagonistic and Cyclic Robotics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We construct hierarchical muscles by plying nylon fibers around a heating wire. The hierarchical muscle shows a J‐shaped passive curve, which shows benefit in antagonistic muscle pair and work accumulation mechanism. We also develop a computational, first‐principle model to understand the physics of both active actuation stroke and passive J‐curve ...
Samuel Tsai, Liuyang Cheng, Ali Albazroun, Qiong Wang, Jeongmin Kim, Arman Tekinalp, Soonwook Kim, Charlie Simcox, Ryne Downing, Vagish Sivaramakrishnan, Grace Carsello, Miles Bimrose, Wonsik Eom, William P. King, Mattia Gazzola, Sameh Tawfick   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dynamic characteristics of the center of pressure for toe-out gait: implications for footwear design

Journal of Leather Science and Engineering, 2022
Background Toe-out gait is often used as a conservative technique to reduce knee adduction moment, which has been targeted to modify knee osteoarthritis progression.
Bo Li, Xianyi Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

The use of auditory feedback and edible reinforcement to decrease toe walking among children with autism.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2019
We replicated and extended previous research on the use of auditory feedback to decrease toe walking exhibited by 3 children with autism. After pretreatment screening analyses suggested that toe walking occurred independent of social consequences, we ...
David A. Wilder, H. Ertel, Ansley C. Hodges, Rachel Thomas, Nga Luong   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

AI‐Assisted Self‐Powered Wearable Dual‐Mode Sensor With TENG and Stretchable Optical Fiber for Neurological Disorder Diagnostics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This manuscript presents the WDMS platform, an AI‐assisted, self‐powered wearable dual‐mode sensor for tele‐neurology. It integrates a contact–separation TENG insole with stretchable polyurethane optical‐fiber strain sensors to synchronously track plantar pressure and lower‐limb muscle deformation.
Tianliang Li, Han Liu, Guoxu Liu, Qian'ao Wang, Haotian Zhou, Guiyi Liu, Yan Xu, Jun Wang, Zuqiang Wang, Feng Zhu, Feiling Luo, Zhong Lin Wang, Chi Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐Term Follow Up of Two Patients With Variants in the Cluster 1031‐1159 of TRRAP Gene: Expanding the Phenotype of Developmental Delay With or Without Dysmorphic Facies and Autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transformation/transcription domain‐associated protein (TRRAP) gene encodes a large multidomain protein, a member of the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase‐related kinase (PIKK) family. TRRAP is a component of the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complex, and it plays an important role in gene transcription, DNA repair, and cell‐cycle regulation.
Roseli Maria Zechi‐Ceide, Vinicius Contrucci Dantas Segarra, Siulan Vendramini‐Pittoli, Henrique Regonaschi Serigatto, Luiza Virmond, Heloisa Marcelina da Cunha Palhares, Fernanda Jehee, Ana Cristina Victorino Krepischi, Carla Rosenberg, Carlos Henrique Paiva Grangeiro, Nancy Mizue Kokitsu‐Nakata   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source