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Variable Cable Stiffness Effects on Force Control Performance in Cable-Driven Robotic Actuators

Applied Sciences
Cable-driven robotic systems are widely used in applications requiring lightweight structures, large workspaces, and accurate force regulation. In such systems, the mechanical behavior of cable-driven actuators is strongly influenced by the elastic ...
Ana-Maria Ifrim, Ionica Oncioiu
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Magnetic DNA Origami Nanorotors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Magnetic actuation is a powerful and broadly applicable actuation mechanism due to its programmability and compatibility with biological entities. Here we demonstrate magnetic DNA origami nanorotors (MADONAs) by assembling magnetic nanocubes on DNA origami.
Lennart J. K. Weiß, Florian Rothfischer, Yihao Wang, Christoph Pauer, Xin Yin, Kevin Lang, Rabia Amin, Thomas Tsalos, Susanne Kempter, Jan Lipfert, Tim Liedl, Friedrich C. Simmel, Joe Tavacoli, Aidin Lak   +13 more
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Photoactive Tweezers

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A photoactive tweezers system based on photoactive colloids is developed and systematically investigated in this study. Through experimental and theoretical methods, we demonstrate that the photoredox reaction catalyzed by a dye‐sensitized TiO2 particle generates a strong positive phototaxis, enabling self‐entrapment in the beam center.
Jingyuan Chen, Qingxin Guo, Shiwei Zhang, Donghao Cui, Changjin Wu, Pei Xu, Wei Wang, Kai Lou, Binglin Zeng, Jinyao Tang   +9 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
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Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Evolution of electronic skin (e‐skin) technologies toward adaptive, multifunctional soft skins. Phase I highlights early rigid and discrete sensory interfaces. Phase II shows the transition toward flexible, stretchable, and large‐area e‐skin. Phase III captures the emergence of computational e‐skin.
Oliver Ozioko, Chiamaka Akah, Ravinder Dahiya   +2 more
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Ultrathin Hydrogel Membranes Inspired by Soap Films Enable Physiologically Relevant Breathing Lung Models

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A soap‐film inspired strategy enables the fabrication of ultrathin yet robust GelMA‐PAAm membranes for breathing lung culture. The hydrogel membrane supports long‐term cyclic deformation under air‐liquid interface conditions, enabling physiologically relevant breathing motions of engineered lung tissue culture. ABSTRACT Breathing continuously stretches
Yunji Lee, Gwang Myeong Kim, Wookyeom Kim, Fenny Soetanto, Gyungin Ryu, Taehun Chung, Youn Soo Kim, Junmin Lee, Hwa‐Rim Lee, Sungjune Jung   +9 more
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Transient Cytoskeletal Anisotropy Encodes Short‐Term Mechanical Memory in Glioblastoma Cells

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The same mechanical deformation can produce distinct cytoskeletal states depending on loading history. Experiments and constitutive modeling reveal that transient actin–vimentin anisotropy stores mechanical information and governs short‐term mechanical memory in glioblastoma cells.
Clara Gomez‐Cruz, Matthieu Gelin, Lucas Pradeau‐Phélut, Arrate Muñoz‐Barrutia, Sandrine Etienne‐Manneville, Daniel Garcia‐Gonzalez   +5 more
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Mechanically Assisted Magnetic Actuation in Ceramic‐Based Microscrolls for Fast and Durable Soft Robotic Systems

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ceramic‐based V2O5/Fe3O4 hybrid films are shaped into butterfly‐proboscis‐inspired microscroll actuators. Magnetic triggering initiates unrolling, while geometry‐programmed elastic strain energy drives rapid recoil, enabling fast, reversible, durable, and load‐bearing actuation under near‐field magnetic stimulation.
Semi Kim, Shravan R. Kousik, Petia Atanasova, Eberhard Goering, Joachim Bill, Zaklina Burghard   +5 more
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Neural-Augmented Hybrid Dynamic Modeling of a Series-Parallel Elastic Actuator

IEEE Access
This paper proposes a neural network-based model of a novel hybrid Series-Parallel Elastic Actuator (SEA-PEA) architecture for high-performance robotic applications.
Timur Umurzakov, Sharafatdin Yessirkepov, Michele Folgheraiter   +2 more
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Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Based Haptic Pixel Arrays at Your Fingertips for Advanced Human–Machine Interfaces

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We mechanically program liquid crystal elastomer coatings as a stimuli‐responsive and digitally addressable platform for refreshable tactile displays; we validate the perceptual performance of our dynamic device matches conventional static tactile media.
Tom Bruining, Enjun Lin, Yu Zou, Meike Heldoorn, Pengrong Lyu, Samuël A. M. Weima, Astrid M. L. Kappers, Myrthe A. Plaisier, Satoshi Aya, Danqing Liu   +9 more
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