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Origami-Based Vacuum Pneumatic Artificial Muscles with Large Contraction Ratios.

Soft robotics Oct 19, 2018
A novel linear actuator called origami-based vacuum pneumatic artificial muscle (OV-PAM) is proposed in this study that can produce large forces (>400 N) with a contraction ratio >90% of the active length of the actuator. Moreover, some of the design...
Vacuum Muscle Contraction Humans Muscle, Skeletal Robotics Equipment Design Motion Biomimetics
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Control of a muscle-like soft actuator via a bioinspired approach.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Oct 9, 2018
Soft actuators have played an indispensable role in generating compliant motions of soft robots. Among the various soft actuators explored for soft robotic applications, dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have caught the eye with their intriguing ...
Feedback Robotics Motion Elastomers Motor Neurons Cerebellum Musculoskeletal System Biomimetics Nonlinear Dynamics
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Towards the development of robot immune system: A combined approach involving innate immune cells and T-lymphocytes.

Bio Systems Aug 10, 2018
Mobile robots in uncertain and unstructuredenvironments frequently encounter faults. Therefore, an effective fault detection and recovery mechanism is required. One can possibly investigate natural systems to seek inspiration to develop systems that ...
Models, Immunological Robotics Biomimetics Equipment Failure Analysis T-Lymphocytes Immunity, Innate Humans Artificial Intelligence Software Algorithms Computer Simulation
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Modular force approximating soft robotic pneumatic actuator.

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery Aug 7, 2018
PURPOSE: Soft robots are highly flexible and adaptable instruments that have proven extremely useful, especially in the surgical environment where compliance allows for improved maneuverability throughout the body. Endoscopic devices are a primary ex...
Humans Endoscopy Robotics Equipment Design Biomimetics
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Cell-Like Micromotors.

Accounts of chemical research Aug 3, 2018
In the past decade, versatile micro- and nanosized machines have emerged as active agents for large-scale detoxification, sensing, microfabrication, and many other promising applications. Micromachines have also been envisioned as the next advancemen...
Male Bacteria Nanoparticles Drug Delivery Systems Animals Spermatocytes Doxorubicin Biomimetics Robotics Equipment Design Magnetic Phenomena Erythrocytes Blood Platelets Cell Membrane Drug Liberation Microtechnology
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The Design and Mathematical Model of a Novel Variable Stiffness Extensor-Contractor Pneumatic Artificial Muscle.

Soft robotics Jul 24, 2018
This article presents the design of a novel extensor-contractor pneumatic artificial muscle (ECPAM). This new actuator has numerous advantages over traditional pneumatic artificial muscles. These include the abilities to both contract and extend rela...
Animals Muscle Contraction Robotics Models, Theoretical Equipment Design Biomimetics
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Design and Fabrication Technology of Low Profile Tactile Sensor with Digital Interface for Whole Body Robot Skin.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Jul 21, 2018
Covering a whole surface of a robot with tiny sensors which can measure local pressure and transmit the data through a network is an ideal solution to give an artificial skin to robots to improve a capability of action and safety. The crucial technol...
Humans Touch Equipment Design Robotics Biomimetics Electric Capacitance
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Design and Development of a Topology-Optimized Three-Dimensional Printed Soft Gripper.

Soft robotics Jul 9, 2018
In the past decade, a rich repertoire of soft robots, designed from biomimetic and intuitive approaches, has been developed to overcome challenges faced by their rigid-bodied counterparts. However, these design approaches are greatly limited by the d...
Fingers Printing, Three-Dimensional Robotics Biomimetics Humans Models, Theoretical
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A Visual Cortex-Inspired Imaging-Sensor Architecture and Its Application in Real-Time Processing.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Jul 2, 2018
For robots equipped with an advanced computer vision-based system, object recognition has stringent real-time requirements. When the environment becomes complicated and keeps changing, existing works (e.g., template-matching strategy and machine-lear...
Artificial Intelligence Robotics Biomimetics Pattern Recognition, Automated Visual Perception Visual Cortex Humans
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Modeling of dielectric elastomer oscillators for soft biomimetic applications.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jun 26, 2018
Biomimetic, entirely soft robots with animal-like behavior and integrated artificial nervous systems will open up totally new perspectives and applications. However, until now, most presented studies on soft robots were limited to only partly soft de...
Bionics Equipment Design Animals Models, Biological Models, Theoretical Elastomers Computer Simulation Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Electronics Robotics Biomimetic Materials Biomechanical Phenomena Biomimetics
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