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Task-Oriented Query Reformulation with Reinforcement Learning

, 2017
Search engines play an important role in our everyday lives by assisting us in finding the information we need. When we input a complex query, however, results are often far from satisfactory. In this work, we introduce a query reformulation system based
Cho, Kyunghyun, Nogueira, Rodrigo
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Auto‐Routing Fluidic Printed Circuit Boards

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
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, Lehong Wang, Haotian Liu, Markus P. Nemitz   +3 more
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li, Shuai Liu, Xinyi Wang, Xinglong Gong, Shouhu Xuan   +4 more
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Number of program builds: Another criterium for assessing difficulty of a programming task?

Informatics in Education
The paper discusses an alternative method of assessing the difficulty of pupils’ programming tasks to determine their age appropriateness. Building a program takes the form of its successive iterations. Thus, it is possible to monitor the number of times
Václav Dobiáš, Václav Šimandl, Jiří Vaníček   +2 more
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Human-centred design methods : developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials [PDF]

, 2010
Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Copyright ElsevierThis article describes the user-centred development of play scenarios for robot assisted play, as part of the multidisciplinary IROMEC1 project that develops a novel ...
Caprino, F., Dautenhahn, K., Ferrari, E., Gelderblom, G., Kronreif, G., Laudanna, E., Marti, P., Prazak-Aram, B., Robins, B., Tanja, B.   +9 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Push-Pull Control of Motor Output [PDF]

, 2012
Inhibition usually decreases input–output excitability of neurons. If, however, inhibition is coupled to excitation in a push–pull fashion, where inhibition decreases as excitation increases, neuron excitability can be increased. Although the presence of
Heckman, C J, Hyngstrom, Allison, Johnson, Michael D, Manuel, Marin   +3 more
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Vacuum–Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft Actuators

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rapid and accessible fabrication strategy for inflatable soft actuators is presented, combining vacuum sealing with laser cutting of low‐cost thermoplastic pouches. The method enables precise sealing, fast fabrication, and programmable multi‐cell geometries.
Ashkan Rezanejad, Mostafa Mousa, Yuxuan Wang, Michael Adlerstein, Junke Yao, Antonio E. Forte   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Streamlining Deep Learning Network for Real-time Sea Turtle Detection

Jurnal Rekayasa Elektrika
Monitoring turtle behavior is a conservation effort to preserve its habitat, and the detection process is a vital initial stage. On the other hand, robotics demands a deep learning network to automatically detect the presence of sea turtles that can ...
Muhamad Dwisnanto Putro, Yuliana Mose, Alex Copernikus Andaria, Jane Litouw, Vecky Canisius Poekoel, Xaverius Najoan   +5 more
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