A 2D material–based transparent hydrogel with engineerable interference colours
Nature Communications, 2022 Though transparent hydrogels with tunable optical anisotropy are attractive for soft robotics, wearable devices and optical applications, achieving large birefringence has been a challenge.
Baofu Ding +10 more
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Challenges and solutions for application and wider adoption of wearable robots
Wearable Technologies, 2021 The science and technology of wearable robots are steadily advancing, and the use of such robots in our everyday life appears to be within reach. Nevertheless, widespread adoption of wearable robots should not be taken for granted, especially since many ...
Jan Babič +9 more
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Printable stretchable interconnects [PDF]
, 2017 This article presents recent progress and a comprehensive overview of stretchable interconnects based on printable nanocomposites. Nanocomposite-based inks for printed stretchable interconnects have been categorized according to dispersed filler ...
Dahiya, Ravinder +3 more
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Electrically conductive hybrid organic crystals as flexible optical waveguides
Nature Communications, 2022 The poor conductivity of organic crystals hinders their potential on applications in flexible electronics, wearable devices, and soft robotics. Here, Naumov et al.
Xuesong Yang +9 more
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Hybrid Structure of Stretchable Interconnect for Reliable E-skin Application [PDF]
, 2017 This paper presents the methodology for realisation of stretchable interconnects based on hybrid thin film stack of spray-coated conductive polymer PEDOT: PSS and evaporated gold (Au) film.
Dahiya, Ravinder +3 more
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A Passivity-based Nonlinear Admittance Control with Application to Powered Upper-limb Control under Unknown Environmental Interactions [PDF]
, 2019 This paper presents an admittance controller based on the passivity theory for a powered upper-limb exoskeleton robot which is governed by the nonlinear equation of motion.
Choi, Il Seop +7 more
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IEEE Access, 2018 With the development of the artificial intelligence (AI), the AI applications have influenced and changed people's daily life greatly. Here, a wearable affective robot that integrates the affective robot, social robot, brain wearable, and wearable 2.0 is proposed for the first time.
Min Chen +4 more
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A cane-based low cost sensor to implement attention mechanisms in telecare robots [PDF]
, 2019 Telepresence robots have been recently used for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA). Since the robot can not track a person continuously, there are several strategies to decide when to check them, from cyclic checks to simple requests from users
Ballesteros, Joaquín +3 more
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Fall Prediction and Prevention Systems: Recent Trends, Challenges, and Future Research Directions. [PDF]
, 2017 Fall prediction is a multifaceted problem that involves complex interactions between physiological, behavioral, and environmental factors. Existing fall detection and prediction systems mainly focus on physiological factors such as gait, vision, and ...
Jung, Tzyy-Ping +2 more
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Flexible human-robot cooperation models for assisted shop-floor tasks [PDF]
, 2017 The Industry 4.0 paradigm emphasizes the crucial benefits that collaborative robots, i.e., robots able to work alongside and together with humans, could bring to the whole production process.
Bruno, Barbara +5 more
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