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Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
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Synchrotron XRF Imaging Reveals Manganese Accumulation in the Golgi and Post‐Synapses of Neurons and Enhanced Uptake in Astrocytes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Despite widespread exposure, the mechanisms of manganese neurotoxicity remain poorly understood. Using correlative cryogenic fluorescence and synchrotron X‐ray fluorescence imaging techniques, we show that the Golgi apparatus is the primary accumulation site for manganese in both neurons and astrocytes, and that manganese targets the neuronal ...
Ines Kelkoul, Aiyarin Kittilukkana, Luis C. C. Huarte, Hiram Castillo‐Michel, Murielle Salome, Stéphane Roudeau, Pauline Belzanne, Matthieu Sainlos, Noémie Pied, Monica Fernandez‐Monreal, Daniel Choquet, Richard Ortega, Asuncion Carmona   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Segmented back-up bar Patent [PDF]

, 1966
Segmented back-up bar for butt welding large tubular structures such as rocket booster bodies or ...
Franklin, W. J., Martin, N. C.
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Mild Focal Cooling Decouples Dendrites to Reconfigure Cortical Output

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mild cooling of the cortical surface selectively modulates apical dendritic excitability, plasticity, and somato‐dendritic coupling, while uncoupling these effects from basal dendrites, and reshapes apical‐driven responses in barrel cortex during whisker touch.
Meisam Habibi Matin, Shulan Xiao, Krishna Jayant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchical Artificial Muscle with Nonlinear Elasticity for Antagonistic and Cyclic Robotics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We construct hierarchical muscles by plying nylon fibers around a heating wire. The hierarchical muscle shows a J‐shaped passive curve, which shows benefit in antagonistic muscle pair and work accumulation mechanism. We also develop a computational, first‐principle model to understand the physics of both active actuation stroke and passive J‐curve ...
Samuel Tsai, Liuyang Cheng, Ali Albazroun, Qiong Wang, Jeongmin Kim, Arman Tekinalp, Soonwook Kim, Charlie Simcox, Ryne Downing, Vagish Sivaramakrishnan, Grace Carsello, Miles Bimrose, Wonsik Eom, William P. King, Mattia Gazzola, Sameh Tawfick   +15 more
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Vacuum–Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft Actuators

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rapid and accessible fabrication strategy for inflatable soft actuators is presented, combining vacuum sealing with laser cutting of low‐cost thermoplastic pouches. The method enables precise sealing, fast fabrication, and programmable multi‐cell geometries.
Ashkan Rezanejad, Mostafa Mousa, Yuxuan Wang, Michael Adlerstein, Junke Yao, Antonio E. Forte   +5 more
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Millimeter‐Scale Dual‐Opposing RNA‐Gradient Hydrogel for Interfacial Gene Silencing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A branched microfluidic platform enables the fabrication of millimeter‐scale hydrogels with dual‐opposing RNA‐gradients for precise spatial control of cell gene expression. This device allows for the generation of multiple constructs at once, offering potential for future engineering of complex tissue interfaces with improved physiological relevance ...
Tyler Hoffman, Cong Truc Huynh, Marcus J. Goudie, Peyton J. Tebon, Hyojin Ko, Minh Khanh Nguyen, Kaelyn L. Gasvoda, Yang Song, Kirsten Fetah, Ali Khademhosseini, Song Li, Eben Alsberg   +11 more
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Hierarchical Reconfigurable Metasurface Based on Scenario‐Guided Functional Modules and Programmable Core

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This paper proposes a hierarchical reconfigurable metasurface architecture (HRMA) to achieve comprehensive electromagnetic parameter modulation and on‐demand polymorphic function switching. The reconfigurable metasurface is divided into a programmable core (PC) and scenario‐guided functional modules (FMs), exhibiting significant flexibility and ...
Lihao Zhu, Jiaqi Han, Zhe Zheng, Qiang Feng, Dexiao Xia, Xiangjin Ma, Yajie Mu, Guoliang Luo, Rui Li, Haixia Liu, Hao Xue, Long Li   +11 more
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Built-up Al-Li structures for cryogenic tank and dry bay applications [PDF]

The objectives are: (1) to demonstrate the cost benefits of built-up cryotank and dry bay structures; (2) to study of benefits of using Al alloys; (3) to study of benefit of using Al-Li alloys; (4) to evaluate alternative low-cost stiffener and joining ...
Lisagor, W. Barry
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