Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 27, 2022
This paper mainly focuses on various types of robots driven or actuated by shape memory alloy (SMA) element in the last decade which has created the potential functionality of SMA in robotics technology, that is classified and discussed. The wide spe...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Jun 3, 2022
Elastomers with high dielectric permittivity that self-heal after electric breakdown and mechanical damage are important in the emerging field of artificial muscles. Here, a one-step process toward self-healable, silicone-based elastomers with large ...
Nature nanotechnology
Jun 2, 2022
High-performance actuating materials are necessary for advances in robotics, prosthetics and smart clothing. Here we report a class of fibre actuators that combine solution-phase block copolymer self-assembly and strain-programmed crystallization. Th...
Science robotics
May 25, 2022
In complex systems like aircraft engines and oil refinery machines, pipeline inspection is an essential task for ensuring safety. Here, we proposed a type of smart material-driven pipeline inspection robot (weight, 2.2 grams; length, 47 millimeters; ...
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
May 19, 2022
Biomechanical and clinical gait research observes muscles and tendons in limbs to study their functions and behaviour. Therefore, movements of distinct anatomical landmarks, such as muscle-tendon junctions, are frequently measured. We propose a relia...
Computational and mathematical methods in medicine
Mar 29, 2022
With the development of artificial intelligence technology in the medical field, clinical trials using artificial intelligence as an intervention method are constantly emerging. This article mainly introduces the intervention of artificial intelligen...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Mar 14, 2022
Water-responsive (WR) materials that reversibly deform in response to humidity changes show great potential for developing muscle-like actuators for miniature and biomimetic robotics. Here, it is presented that Bacillus (B.) subtilis' peptidoglycan (...
Soft robotics
Mar 7, 2022
Twisted and coiled actuators (TCAs), which are light but capable of producing significant power, were developed in recent times. After their introduction, there have been numerous improvements in performance, including development of techniques such ...
Clinical radiology
Mar 5, 2022
AIM: To develop a fully automated deep-learning-based approach to measure muscle area for assessing sarcopenia on standard-of-care computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without any case exclusion criteria, for opportunistic screening for frailty.
Soft robotics
Feb 21, 2022
This study aims to develop the application of pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) for a 2-degrees of freedom (2-DOF) lower limb rehabilitation assistance training robot system. The proposed lower limb robot system can be divided into two axes, such as ...