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Cyborg insect factory: automatic assembly for insect-computer hybrid robot via vision-guided robotic arm manipulation of custom bipolar electrodes.

Nature communications Jul 28, 2025
Insect-computer hybrid robots offer strong potential for navigating complex terrains. This study identified the intersegmental membrane between the pronotum and mesothorax of the Madagascar hissing cockroach as an effective site for electrical stimul...
Animals Locomotion Electric Stimulation Cockroaches Equipment Design Electrodes Robotics
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Bioinspired untethered electromagnetic pipe-crawling robot.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 18, 2025
In pipe systems, the emergence of pipe-crawling robots (PCRs) has attracted significant attention for pipe inspection and repair applications. However, conventional PCRs are bulky and heavy, limiting their speed and adaptability, particularly in conf...
Locomotion Electromagnetic Phenomena Equipment Design Biomimetics Animals Robotics
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On-Mask Magnetoelastic Sensor Network for Self-Powered Respiratory Monitoring.

ACS nano Jul 16, 2025
Respiratory monitoring is crucial because it provides key insights into a person's health and physiological conditions. Conventional respiratory sensing is significantly challenged by the presence of water vapor in exhaled breath. An on-mask magnetoe...
Elasticity Respiration Masks Machine Learning Monitoring, Physiologic Humans Equipment Design
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Medical needles in the hands of AI: Advancing toward autonomous robotic navigation.

Science robotics Jul 9, 2025
Safely and accurately navigating needles percutaneously or endoscopically to sites deep within the body is essential for many medical procedures, from biopsies to localized drug deliveries to tumor ablations. The advent of image guidance decades ago ...
Surgery, Computer-Assisted Needles Humans Artificial Intelligence Equipment Design Robotic Surgical Procedures Robotics
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An eel-like robot based on a dielectric elastomer.

PloS one Jul 9, 2025
Eels have attracted significant research interest because of their long-distance migration and high-endurance cruising behavior. An underwater eel-like robot design inspired by these creatures has the potential for high efficiency, strong maneuverabi...
Biomechanical Phenomena Animals Robotics Elastomers Swimming Biomimetic Materials Equipment Design Biomimetics Eels
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Effects of device-assisted practice of activities of daily living in a close-to-normal pattern on upper extremity motor recovery in individuals with moderate to severe stroke: study protocol of a randomized control trial.

Trials Jul 4, 2025
BACKGROUND: The majority of individuals with chronic stroke have residual upper extremity (UE) disability which they cite as their greatest barrier to recovery. Using orthoses, robotic devices, and functional electrical stimulation (FES) represent re...
Electric Stimulation Therapy Stroke Rehabilitation Clinical Protocols Research Design Motor Activity Severity of Illness Index Upper Extremity Humans Equipment Design Stroke Double-Blind Method Orthotic Devices Recovery of Function Paresis Activities of Daily Living Time Factors Robotics Treatment Outcome Disability Evaluation
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Toward developing a compact total artificial heart using a soft robotic fluidic transmission system.

Science advances Jul 2, 2025
Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of mortality, with limited possibilities for transplantation due to a critical shortage of donor hearts. Replacing the heart with total artificial hearts (TAHs) remains challenging, due to size constraints ...
Heart Failure Humans Robotics Heart, Artificial Equipment Design
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Case study on force compliant robot arm controller for nasopharyngeal swab insertion.

Scientific reports Jul 2, 2025
The nasopharyngeal (NP) swab sample test, commonly used to detect COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, involves moving a swab through the nasal cavity to collect samples from the nasopharynx. While typically this is done by human healthcare work...
Nasal Cavity Nasopharynx Humans COVID-19 Equipment Design COVID-19 Testing SARS-CoV-2 Specimen Handling Robotics
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Development of an electrical current stimulator for controlling biohybrid machines.

Scientific reports Jul 2, 2025
Soft and flexible robotics is an emerging field that attracts a huge interest due to its ability to produce bioinspired devices that are easily adaptable to the environment. Biohybrid Machines (BHM) represent a category of soft robots that integrate ...
Electric Stimulation Robotics Electricity Humans Equipment Design Animals Muscle Contraction
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Self-Healing Triboelectric Sensors with Enhanced Durability for Gesture Recognition and Human-Machine Interaction.

Nano letters Jul 1, 2025
The emergence of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) has significantly developed the landscape of wearable electronics. However, the durability and self-healing capabilities of TENGs remain challenging. Herein, a self-healing triboelectric nanogener...
Man-Machine Systems Wearable Electronic Devices Humans Equipment Design Gestures Nanotechnology
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