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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj +2 more
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A MAC Protocol to Support Monitoring of Underwater Spaces
Sensors, 2016 Underwater sensor networks are becoming an important field of research, because of their everyday increasing application scope. Examples of their application areas are environmental and pollution monitoring (mainly oil spills), oceanographic data ...
Rodrigo Santos +5 more
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Acoustic projectors make covert bioacoustic chirplet signals discoverable
Scientific Reports, 2023 To disguise man-made communications as natural signals, underwater transceivers have the option to pre-record animal vocalizations, and play them back in a way that carries meaningful information for a trained receiver.
Paolo Casari +4 more
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Computers, 2021 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are seen as a safe and cost-effective platforms for performing a myriad of underwater missions. These vehicles are equipped with multiple sensors which, combined with their long endurance, can produce large amounts ...
Filipe B. Teixeira +9 more
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Spectrum-Aware Underwater Networks: Cognitive Acoustic Communications
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 2012 In this article, CAC to empower SUN inspiring from CR paradigm in wireless terrestrial communications is proposed. Spectrum scarcity in UAC due to the uniquely challenging underwater acoustic spectrum is discussed, and the need for spectrum-aware communication techniques is pointed out.
Bicen, A. Ozan +2 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi +4 more
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Low-cost acoustic transmitter for underwater sensor networks [PDF]
, 2012 Currently, there is a lag in the proliferation of underwater sensors due to the lack of low cost acoustic transmitters. The high cost of acoustic modems and some of their characteristics, make them inappropriate for many scenarios where low power and ...
Manuel Lázaro, Antonio +2 more
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FlexMat, EarlyView.Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu +3 more
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An environmental equalizer for underwater acoustic communications Tested at Hydralab III [PDF]
, 2010 It is known that small changes in source and receiver locations can cause significant changes in underwater acoustic channel impulse responses. At HYDRALAB III an underwater acoustic experiment was conducted to show that a source depth-shift causes a ...
Ijaz, S. +4 more
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Laser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.This review examines how optical coherence tomography transforms industrial inspection by delivering real‐time, micrometer‐resolution, depth‐resolved imaging. It surveys applications across display manufacturing, thin films, microelectronics, laser processing, and coatings, evaluates performance against conventional techniques, and highlights emerging ...
Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya +7 more
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