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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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Advanced Design for Weakly Coupled Resonators by Automatic Active Optimization

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An Automatic Active Optimization (AAO) strategy integrates machine learning predictors and genetic algorithms in a closed‐loop workflow. By iteratively expanding its dataset with new discoveries, AAO overcomes the limits of conventional methods. This approach finds superior microstructural designs beyond the initial sample space. We demonstrate this on
Wei Yue, Yuan Gao, Fanping Sui, Jason Wang, Megan Teng, Peggy Tsao, Huicong Deng, Yande Peng, Liwei Lin   +8 more
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Micropillar‐Engineered Hybrid Adhesive Patch for Surface‐Conformable and Directional Adhesion

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This work presents a surface‐conformable hybrid adhesive integrating height‐optimized hexagonal micropillars with open‐rectangular cuts. The micropillars enhance rough‐surface contact and microscale crack arrest, while the cuts guide and reverse interfacial cracks for strong and directional adhesion. The multiscale architecture achieves robust pull‐off
Seongjin Park, Dong Kwan Kang, Haejin Bae, Ho‐Sup Jung, Hoon Eui Jeong   +4 more
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Analysis of suspension with variable stiffness and variable damping force for automotive applications

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016
Passive shock absorbers are designed for standard load condition. These give better vibration isolation performance only for the standard load condition.
Lalitkumar Maikulal Jugulkar, Shankar Singh, Suresh Maruti Sawant   +2 more
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Transducers Across Scales and Frequencies: A System‐Level Framework for Multiphysics Integration and Co‐Design

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Transducers convert physical signals into electrical and optical representations, yet each mechanism is bounded by intrinsic trade‐offs across bandwidth, sensitivity, speed, and energy. This review maps transduction mechanisms across physical scale and frequency, showing how heterogeneous integration and multiphysics co‐design transform isolated ...
Aolei Xu, Mengyao Xiao, Zhouli Sui, Yinpeng Wang, Daoye Zheng, Yuxin Liu, Luwei Wang, Huajun Liu, Chengkuo Lee   +8 more
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Material Selection and Geometric Design for Few‐filament Shape Memory Polymer Yarns for Force Generation

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A custom shape memory polymer material selection process relates quantitative application criteria (e.g., compression garment yarns) to material characterization information. The selected materials are manufactured into yarn geometries, which expand the design space by creating structural stress‐strain profiles beyond the nominal material stress‐strain
Michaela Andrews, Susan Mantell, Julianna Abel   +2 more
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Design and Stiffness Modeling of a Novel Planar Parallel Robot with Variable Stiffness Actuators

Human-robot interaction applications require compliant actuation for enhanced safety and comfort. While compliant actuators were adopted in many robots of serial configurations, they are rarely used in parallel robots.
Majumder, Arunabha; id_orcid, Bai, Shaoping, Souza Oliveira, Anderson; id_orcid, Doruk Kiziloklu, Ibrahim   +3 more
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Liquid Metal‐Based Stretchable Strain Sensor for Fruit Growth Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Schematic overview of the fruit growth sensor development workflow, including sensor fabrication by injection molding, electromechanical and environmental characterization, mechanical stability testing, electronic readout integration, and outdoor field validation for monitoring of fruit growth under practical orchard conditions.
Asad Ullah, Lennert Purnal, Maximilian Krack, Sander Vijgen, Thijs Vandenryt, Dieter Reenaers, Ronald Thoelen, Wim Deferme   +7 more
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Design of an Auto-Tuning Feedback Controller Based on the Stiffness of Nonlinear Stiffness Actuators

, 2018
Variable stiffness actuators (VSAs) realize a compromise between bandwidth and safety through stiffness tuning. Many VSAs often apply classical PD controller to realize a fast and accurate output response in human robotic interaction(HRI).
Yaru Zhao, Zhibin Song, Tianyu Ma, Song, Zhibin, Dai, J. S., Ma, Tianyu, J. S. Dai, Zhao, Yaru   +7 more
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3D Printing of Stretchable, Compressible and Conductive Porous Polyurethane for Soft Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printable porous dopamine‐polyurethane acrylate elastomer results in conductive, stretchable, and compressible structures that can be metallized in situ through catechol‐mediated silver reduction. The resulting material function as both compliant soft robot with a and strain sensors without complex assemblies, enabling fully 3D‐printed soft ...
Ouriel Bliah, Konstantin Sakharov, Pooi See Lee, Shlomo Magdassi   +3 more
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