AIMC Topic: Tendons

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Design and Implementation of a Soft-Rigid Hybrid Gripper with Bionic Ligaments and Joint Capsule.

Soft robotics Apr 22, 2025
Dealing with grasping tasks in unstructured environments, existing soft grippers often exhibit a lack of static stability, while rigid-soft hybrid grippers display limited compliance due to the fixed connections at the joints. To address the challeng...
Biomechanical Phenomena Hand Strength Robotics Humans Joint Capsule Ligaments Bionics Equipment Design Fingers Tendons
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3D Printing of a Biomimetic Myotendinous Junction Assisted by Artificial Intelligence.

Biomaterials science Nov 19, 2024
The myotendinous junction (MTJ) facilitates force transmission between muscle and tendon to produce joint movement. The complex microarchitecture and regional mechanical heterogeneity of the myotendinous junction pose major challenges in creating thi...
Decanoates Myotendinous Junction Polymers Tissue Engineering Tissue Scaffolds Artificial Intelligence Glycerol Animals Biomimetic Materials Printing, Three-Dimensional Tendons
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Towards higher load capacity: innovative design of a robotic hand with soft jointed structure.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Aug 29, 2024
In this paper, the innovative design of a robotic hand with soft jointed structure is carried out and a tendon-driven mechanism, a master-slave motor coordinated drive mechanism, a thumb coupling transmission mechanism and a thumb steering mechanism ...
Fingers Tendons Hand Strength Robotics Equipment Design Hand Models, Biological Biomimetics Humans
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Beyond pixel: Superpixel-based MRI segmentation through traditional machine learning and graph convolutional network.

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine Aug 28, 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Tendon segmentation is crucial for studying tendon-related pathologies like tendinopathy, tendinosis, etc. This step further enables detailed analysis of specific tendon regions using automated or semi-automated methods. Thi...
Humans Tendinopathy Neural Networks, Computer Tendons Support Vector Machine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Achilles Tendon Machine Learning Algorithms Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Neural network auto-segmentation of serial-block-face scanning electron microscopy images exhibit collagen fibril structural differences with tendon type and health.

Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society Aug 23, 2024
A U-Net machine learning algorithm was adapted to automatically segment tendon collagen fibril cross-sections from serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) and create three-dimensional (3D) renderings. We compared the performance of r...
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Tendons Rats, Sprague-Dawley Collagen Neural Networks, Computer Animals Male Rats
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Exo-Glove Shell: A Hybrid Rigid-Soft Wearable Robot for Thumb Opposition with an Under-Actuated Tendon-Driven System.

Soft robotics Aug 13, 2024
Usability and functionality are important when designing hand-wearable robots; however, satisfying both indicators remains a challenging issue, even though researchers have made important progress with state-of-the-art robot components. Although hand...
Wearable Electronic Devices Robotics Equipment Design Humans Tendons Thumb
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Deep learning enables accurate soft tissue tendon deformation estimation in vivo via ultrasound imaging.

Scientific reports Aug 8, 2024
Image-based deformation estimation is an important tool used in a variety of engineering problems, including crack propagation, fracture, and fatigue failure. These tools have been important in biomechanics research where measuring in vitro and in vi...
Biomechanical Phenomena Deep Learning Ultrasonography Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Tendons
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Anthropomorphic Tendon-Based Hands Controlled by Agonist-Antagonist Corticospinal Neural Network.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) May 3, 2024
This article presents a study on the neurobiological control of voluntary movements for anthropomorphic robotic systems. A corticospinal neural network model has been developed to control joint trajectories in multi-fingered robotic hands. The propos...
Tendons Nerve Net Movement Pyramidal Tracts Animals Humans Robotics Hand Neural Networks, Computer Biomechanical Phenomena
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Thin-slice elbow MRI with deep learning reconstruction: Superior diagnostic performance of elbow ligament pathologies.

European journal of radiology Apr 16, 2024
PURPOSE: With the slice thickness routinely used in elbow MRI, small or subtle lesions may be overlooked or misinterpreted as insignificant. To compare 1 mm slice thickness MRI (1 mm MRI) with deep learning reconstruction (DLR) to 3 mm slice thicknes...
Humans Male Magnetic Resonance Imaging Retrospective Studies Ligaments Young Adult Middle Aged Elbow Joint Female Ligaments, Articular Adult Aged Deep Learning Tendons
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Fuzzy Controller Implemented for Movement of a Tendon-Driven 3D Robotic Lumbar Spine Mechanism.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Dec 5, 2023
Notable efforts have been devoted to the development of biomechanical models of the spine, so the development of a motion system to control the spine becomes expressively relevant. This paper presents a fuzzy controller to manipulate the movement of ...
Tendons Movement Robotics Humans Robotic Surgical Procedures Fuzzy Logic Spine
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