Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
Sep 2, 2021
Sense of Agency (SoA) is the feeling of control over one's actions and their consequences. In social contexts, people experience a "vicarious" SoA over other humans' actions; however, the phenomenon disappears when the other agent is a computer. This...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Sep 2, 2021
BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to assess the short-term consequences of biportal robot-assisted lobectomy, validating its safety and effectiveness.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Sep 2, 2021
The stress-response strategy is one of the nature's greatest developments, enabling animals and plants to respond quickly to environmental stimuli. One example is the stress-response strategy of the Venus flytrap, which enables such a delicate plant ...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 2, 2021
Face and person detection are important tasks in computer vision, as they represent the first component in many recognition systems, such as face recognition, facial expression analysis, body pose estimation, face attribute detection, or human action...
Journal of gerontological nursing
Sep 1, 2021
An aging population and technology are two rapidly evolving phenomena occurring simultaneously worldwide. To examine the literature on the acceptability of socially assistive robots (SAR) among cognitively intact older adults, an integrative review o...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Sep 1, 2021
Locomotion at the microscale is remarkably sophisticated. Microorganisms have evolved diverse strategies to move within highly viscous environments, using deformable, propulsion-generating appendages such as cilia and flagella to drive helical or und...
Soft robotics
Aug 31, 2021
Soft robots characterize operational safety due to inherent compliance from their soft mechanism, whereas their mechanism enhances the difficulty in accurate closed-loop control. To explore their applicability in manipulation tasks, in this article, ...
Journal of endourology
Aug 31, 2021
The proportion of robotic procedures continues to rise. The literature reinforces that robotic procedures take longer and are often more costly. We compared cost and perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) and robot-assisted...
Materials horizons
Aug 31, 2021
Artificial muscle fibers as a promising biomimetic actuator are needed for such applications as smart soft robots, muscle function restoration, and physical augmentation. Currently developed artificial muscle fibers have shown attractive performance ...
Materials horizons
Aug 31, 2021
Sophisticated soft matter engineering has been endorsed as an emerging paradigm for developing untethered soft robots with built-in electronic functions and biomimetic adaptation capacities. However, the integration of flexible electronic components ...