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Control of Actuators with Linearized Variable Stiffness

IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2019
Abstract In this paper, a new model of variable stiffness actuators (VSA) is presented. In the proposed model, the stiffness and deformation of the elastic element can be controlled independently. The structure of the model allows the use of optimal control methods, such as linear quadratic regulator, as is demonstrated in the paper. The model can be
Sergei Savin, Ramil Khusainov, Alexandr Klimchik   +2 more
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Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Miniature soft robots have great prospects to revolutionize minimally invasive treatments. Here we present a miniature soft robot, which can be reprogrammed to perform five surgical functionalities with six‐degrees‐of‐freedom motions. This soft robot can prospectively make minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable ...
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Yu Xuan Yeoh, Nicholas Yong Wei Foo, Keerthana Radhakrishnan, Guo Zhan Lum   +4 more
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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
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Field‐Programmed Anisotropy in Magneto‐Piezoelectric Composites for Material‐Encoded Mechanoperception

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Field‐programmed anisotropy imparts material‐level intelligence to soft composites. Magnetic torque dynamics drive magneto‐piezoelectric nanowires from random dispersion into deterministic axial alignment. The resulting hierarchical percolation networks confine electromechanical coupling to specific axes and intrinsically decouple superposed force ...
Yubin Kim, Yumin Kwon, Dabin Kim, Minsun Oh, Jin Young Jung, Dongyeong Gim, Kootak Hong, Jun Yeon Hwang, Sang‐Woo Kim, Minjeong Ha   +9 more
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Boolean Logic‐Based Control Over Recombinant Protein Biomaterial Degradability and Therapeutic Delivery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Fully recombinant protein‐based biomaterials execute complex Boolean logic for user‐programmable material degradation and concomitant therapeutic cargo release. Biologics, such as growth factors, can be incorporated within the crosslinkers as “drugamers”, while encapsulated cells can be released according to nested YES/OR/AND‐type logical operations ...
Murial L. Ross, Ryan Gharios, Shivani Kottantharayil, Cole A. DeForest   +3 more
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Multifunctional Position and Stiffness Control of Soft Fluidic Actuators Using Supercooled Liquid

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Soft fluidic actuators (SFAs) are widely adopted for soft robotic applications, for example, for the manipulation of delicate objects of various geometries.
Hoseung Seo, Michael T. Tolley
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Decoupling Photochemical and Photothermal Effects Using Molecular Motors Enables Fast, Intelligent, and Life‐Like Motions in Soft Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A light‐responsive liquid crystal (LC) polymer network integrating molecular rotary motors and photothermal converters enables the decoupling of photochemical and photothermal effects. Selective wavelength activation allows orthogonal control over persistent shape encoding and fast reversible motion, enabling programmable soft robots capable of complex
Guiying Long, Jinyu Sheng, Alexander Ryabchun, Ben L. Feringa   +3 more
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Variable tensile stiffness pneumatic actuators with adjustable stick-slip friction of soft-tooth structures

Materials & Design
Patients with hemiplegia, neurologic injuries, and sports trauma require muscle strength rehabilitation training, the existing rigid equipment is uncomfortable and bulky, and wearable training devices are not suitable for the whole-stage of passive ...
Yaqing Feng, Pengyuan Wang, Chenghao Wu
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Energy Efficient Actuation with Variable Stiffness Actuators

, 2010
Research effort in the field of variable stiffness actuators is steadily increasing, due to their wide range of possible applications and their advantages. In literature, var- ious control methods have been proposed, solving particular problems in human-robot and robot-environment interaction applications, in which the mechanical compliance introduced ...
Visser, L.C., Carloni, Raffaella, Stramigioli, Stefano   +2 more
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
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