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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
wiley   +1 more source

Localization and Detection of Targets in Underwater Wireless Sensor Using Distance and Angle Based Algorithms

IEEE Access, 2019
Underwater localization is used as a key element in most applications of underwater communications. Despite the global positioning system (GPS) receivers are usually employed in terrestrial wireless sensor networks, they cannot be exploited for ...
Inam Ullah, Jingyi Chen, Xin Su, Christian Esposito, Chang Choi   +4 more
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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

Cooperative Communication Based Protocols for Underwater Wireless Sensors Networks: A Review

Sensors
Underwater wireless sensor networks are gaining popularity since supporting a broad range of applications, both military and civilian. Wireless acoustics is the most widespread technology adopted in underwater networks, the realization of which must face
Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Andrea Petroni, Mauro Biagi   +2 more
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Performance Enhancement of Oil pipeline Monitoring for a Simulated Underwater Wireless Sensor Network

مجلة النهرين للعلوم الهندسية, 2020
In the last two decades, underwater acoustic sensor networks have begun to be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes. In this paper, the focus will be on improving the monitoring performance system of oil pipelines.
Waseem M. Jassim, Ammar E. Abdelkareem
doaj   +1 more source

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Efficient RSS Localization for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks [PDF]

Sensors, 2019
Localization is a key-enabling technology for many applications in underwater wireless sensor networks. Traditional approaches for received signal strength (RSS)-based localization often require uniform distribution for anchor nodes and suffer from poor estimates according to unpredictable and uncontrollable noise conditions.
Thu L. N. Nguyen, Yoan Shin
openaire   +3 more sources

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, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fully distributed deployment algorithm for underwater strong -barrier coverage using mobile sensors

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2019
Sensor barrier coverage has been recognized as an appropriate coverage model for intrusion detection, and many achievements have been obtained in two-dimensional terrestrial wireless sensor networks.
Weiqiang Shen, Chuanlin Zhang, Xiaona Zhang, Jinglun Shi   +3 more
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