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Potential clinical application of masseter and temporal muscle massage treatment using an oral rehabilitation robot in temporomandibular disorder patients with myofascial pain.

Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice Dec 29, 2015
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the safety, suitable treatment regimen, and efficacy of masseter and temporal muscle massage treatment using an oral rehabilitation robot.
Female Aged Aged, 80 and over Young Adult Humans Ultrasonography Treatment Outcome Follow-Up Studies Robotics Pain Measurement Adult Male Middle Aged Time Factors Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome Pressure Safety Massage Rotation Masseter Muscle Activities of Daily Living Temporal Muscle Range of Motion, Articular
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Microrobotized blasting improves the bone-to-textured implant response. A preclinical in vivo biomechanical study.

Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials Nov 24, 2015
This study evaluated the effect of microrobotized blasting of titanium endosteal implants relative to their manually blasted counterparts. Two different implant systems were utilized presenting two different implant surfaces. Control surfaces (Manual...
Biomechanical Phenomena Animals Male Robotics Surface Properties Pressure Bone and Bones Mechanical Phenomena Osseointegration Titanium Prostheses and Implants Dogs Microtechnology
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Piezoresistive Tactile Sensor Discriminating Multidirectional Forces.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Oct 2, 2015
Flexible tactile sensors capable of detecting the magnitude and direction of the applied force together are of great interest for application in human-interactive robots, prosthetics, and bionic arms/feet. Human skin contains excellent tactile sensin...
Skin Physiological Phenomena Touch Transducers Pliability Humans Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Stress, Mechanical Robotics Nanotubes, Carbon Equipment Design Pressure Mechanical Phenomena
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Effect of bladder wall thickness on miniature pneumatic artificial muscle performance.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 28, 2015
Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are actuators known for their high power to weight ratio, natural compliance and light weight. Due to these advantages, PAMs have been used for orthotic devices and robotic limbs. Small scale PAMs have the same adv...
Elastic Modulus Stress, Mechanical Pressure Muscle Contraction Equipment Failure Analysis Biomimetics Computer-Aided Design Artificial Organs Muscle, Skeletal Miniaturization Robotics Elastomers Equipment Design Models, Biological Computer Simulation
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Buckling of Elastomeric Beams Enables Actuation of Soft Machines.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Sep 21, 2015
Soft, pneumatic actuators that buckle when interior pressure is less than exterior provide a new mechanism of actuation. Upon application of negative pneumatic pressure, elastic beam elements in these actuators undergo reversible, cooperative collaps...
Robotics Polymers Elastomers Pressure Movement
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Poroelastic Foams for Simple Fabrication of Complex Soft Robots.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Sep 19, 2015
Open-celled, elastomeric foams allow the simple design of fully 3D pneumatic soft machines using common forming techniques. This is demonstrated through the fabrication of simple actuators and an entirely soft, functional fluid pump formed in the sha...
Robotics Porosity Dimethylpolysiloxanes Elasticity Pressure
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Texture recognition and localization in amorphous robotic skin.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 9, 2015
We present a soft robotic skin that can recognize and localize texture using a distributed set of sensors and computational elements that are inspired by the Pacinian corpuscle, the fast adapting, uniformly spaced mechanoreceptor with a wide receptiv...
Pacinian Corpuscles Skin, Artificial Pressure Equipment Failure Analysis Skin Physiological Phenomena Hardness Animals Transducers Elastic Modulus Robotics Mechanotransduction, Cellular Equipment Design Humans Vibration Biomimetics Machine Learning Touch
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Slithering towards autonomy: a self-contained soft robotic snake platform with integrated curvature sensing.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 3, 2015
Soft robotic snakes promise significant advantages in achieving traveling curvature waves with a reduced number of active segments as well as allowing for safe and adaptive interaction with the environment and human users. However, current soft robot...
Feedback, Physiological Spatial Navigation Snakes Gait Models, Biological Motion Biomimetics Sensation Pressure Equipment Failure Analysis Systems Integration Animals Computer-Aided Design Robotics Equipment Design Machine Learning Computer Simulation
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Effect of Tracheal Cuff Shape on Intracuff Pressure Change During Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery: The Tapered-Shaped Cuff Tube Versus the Cylindrical-Shaped Cuff Tube.

Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A Aug 11, 2015
BACKGROUND: Although the cuff of tracheal tubes can reduce airflow leakage and prevent aspiration, excessive intracuff pressure can cause tracheal mucosal injury. Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) can increase intracuff pressure by the Trend...
Treatment Outcome Robotics Laparoscopy Pressure Preoperative Care Humans Intubation, Intratracheal Female Cholecystectomy Male Middle Aged
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An improved quasi-steady aerodynamic model for insect wings that considers movement of the center of pressure.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 30, 2015
A quasi-steady aerodynamic model in consideration of the center of pressure (C.P.) was developed for insect flight. A dynamically scaled-up robotic hawkmoth wing was used to obtain the translational lift, drag, moment and rotational force coefficient...
Biomimetics Rheology Stress, Mechanical Pressure Equipment Failure Analysis Aircraft Computer Simulation Moths Models, Biological Animals Flight, Animal Motion Robotics Wings, Animal Shear Strength Equipment Design
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