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
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Position and velocity recovery from independent ultrasonic beacons [PDF]
, 2006 In this paper we present a study on how to estimate the position of a mobile receiver using ultrasonic beacons fixed in the environment. Unlike traditional approaches, the ultrasonic beacons are independent, and positioning is performed by measuring the ...
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Predicting California bearing ratio of foundation soil using ultrasonic pulse velocity
, 2019 The California bearing ratio is a simple load-penetration test for determining the bearing capacity of soil being used as a foundation subgrade, subbase or base course.
Selçuk, Levent, Seker, Vedat
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou +4 more
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Experimental and numerical studies on low velocity impacts detection and damage identification in metal and composite structures using ultrasonic waves propagation (Lamb waves) [PDF]
, 2011 In this thesis a theoretical base required for the development of a reliable structural health monitoring system based on ultrasonic guided waves is considered.
Tancredi, Simone
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Evaluation on Early Strength Development of Concrete Mixed with Non-Sintered Hwangto Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Nam Y, Jeong K, Kim W, Choi H, Lee T.
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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
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Investigation of ultrasonic properties of MAGIC gels for pulse-echo gel dosimetry
, 2014 This thesis describes investigations into the design and evaluation of novel ultrasonic methods for 3-dimensional ionising radiation dose verification. Pulse-echo ultrasound methods were investigated for the measurement and analysis of complex radiation ...
Atkins, Timothy John
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Ultrasonic transducers for wideband attenuation measurements [PDF]
, 1987 Includes bibliographical references.An application of ultrasound presently being investigated at the Council for Mineral Technology {MINTEK) is the measurement of the concentration of graphite particles in suspension in an agitated pulp. The principle of
Mayer, J Bertrand
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Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2019 The paper analyses the influence of transducer frequency on the determination of concrete homogeneity using the ultrasonic pulse velocity test. Transit time measurements were made on a 590×590mm concrete slab, with 110mm in thickness, in a raster of 5×5 ...
Dalibor Kocáb +4 more
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