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Machine Learning Assisted Electronic/Ionic Skin Recognition of Thermal Stimuli and Mechanical Deformation for Soft Robots.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Soft robots have the advantage of adaptability and flexibility in various scenarios and tasks due to their inherent flexibility and mouldability, which makes them highly promising for real-world applications. The development of electronic skin (E-ski...

A portable inflatable soft wearable robot to assist the shoulder during industrial work.

Science robotics
Repetitive overhead tasks during factory work can cause shoulder injuries resulting in impaired health and productivity loss. Soft wearable upper extremity robots have the potential to be effective injury prevention tools with minimal restrictions us...

Ultrastretchable Segmented Sensors for Functional Human-Machine Interfaces.

ACS applied materials & interfaces
The key feature that enables soft sensors to shorten the performance gap between robots and biological structures is their deformability, coupled with their capability to measure physical changes. Robots equipped with these sensors can interact safel...

DE-AFO: A Robotic Ankle Foot Orthosis for Children with Cerebral Palsy Powered by Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Conventional passive ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) have not seen substantial advances or functional improvements for decades, failing to meet the demands of many stakeholders, especially the pediatric population with neurological disorders. Our objectiv...

Active Fabrics With Controllable Stiffness for Robotic Assistive Interfaces.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Assistive interfaces enable collaborative interactions between humans and robots. In contrast to traditional rigid devices, conformable fabrics with tunable mechanical properties have emerged as compelling alternatives. However, existing assistive fa...

Transformable Quadruped Wheelchairs Capable of Autonomous Stair Ascent and Descent.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Despite advancements in creating barrier-free environments, many buildings still have stairs, making accessibility a significant concern for wheelchair users, the majority of whom check for accessibility information before venturing out. This paper f...

Skin-inspired, sensory robots for electronic implants.

Nature communications
Drawing inspiration from cohesive integration of skeletal muscles and sensory skins in vertebrate animals, we present a design strategy of soft robots, primarily consisting of an electronic skin (e-skin) and an artificial muscle. These robots integra...

Precise positioning of gamma ray interactions in multiplexed pixelated scintillators using artificial neural networks.

Biomedical physics & engineering express
. The positioning ofray interactions in positron emission tomography (PET) detectors is commonly made through the evaluation of the Anger logic flood histograms. machine learning techniques, leveraging features extracted from signal waveform, have de...

Adaptive neural fault-tolerant prescribed performance control of a rehabilitation exoskeleton for lower limb passive training.

ISA transactions
This article studies the passive tracking problem of a wearable exoskeleton for lower limb rehabilitation therapy in the face of unmodeled dynamics, interactive friction, disturbance, prescribed performance constraints, and actuator faults. Adaptive ...

Microsaccade-inspired event camera for robotics.

Science robotics
Neuromorphic vision sensors or event cameras have made the visual perception of extremely low reaction time possible, opening new avenues for high-dynamic robotics applications. These event cameras' output is dependent on both motion and texture. How...