Soft actuators and robotic devices have been increasingly applied to the field of rehabilitation assistance, where safe human machine interaction is particular importance. Compared with their widely used rigid counterparts, soft can provide a range significant advantages; these include interaction, complex motions, ease fabrication, resilience variety environments. In recent decades, effort has invested in development assistive for improving medical treatments quality life. This review...

The MAPbBr3 perovskite was synthesized, and X-ray diffraction proves that the is a single crystal. MAPbBr3/polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) organic glasses were fabricated. crystal shows strong UV–visible absorption weak transmittance. Compared with crystal, MAPbBr3/PMMA show suitable transmittance enhanced stability. nonlinear optical measurement of performed. An obviously reverse saturable observed. coefficient as high 3.8 m/GW. This large competitive compared materials. Besides, stability...

New materials and technologies in sensing actuation have led to the development of soft actuators robots for biomedical systems, assistive devices, exploration rescue. The use integrated actuation-sensing such systems is gaining interest, but there are few examples where body actuator or robot acts as element. smart that inherent capabilities can provide advantages high sensitivity, ease manufacture cost efficiency, without impairing dynamics. To achieve this goal, we prepared using...

Abstract Hydraulic fluid power systems are essential for a range of engineering applications such as transportation, heavy industry, and robotics. The scale the industry is that hydraulic pumps estimated to account 15% all energy consumption in European Union yet average efficiency only 22%. digitalization offers significant advantages terms efficiency, performance, reduced maintenance, automation. However, this requires advances integration smart sensing technologies provide real‐time...

The optical thermometric properties of LaMAl₁₁O₁₉:Mn²⁺/Mn⁴⁺(M = Mg, Zn) phosphors have potential temperature sensing applications.

Abstract Soft robotic bodies are susceptible to mechanical fatigue, punctures, electrical breakdown, and aging, which can result in the degradation of performance or unexpected failure. To overcome these challenges, a soft self‐healing robot is created using thermoplastic methyl thioglycolate–modified styrene–butadiene–styrene (MG‐SBS) elastomer tube fabricated by melt‐extrusion, allow self‐heal autonomously at room temperature. After repeated damage being separated into several parts, able...

Soft robots and devices exploit deformable materials that are capable of changes in shape to allow conformable physical contact for controlled manipulation. While the use embedded sensors soft actuation systems is gaining increasing interest, there limited examples where body actuator or robot able act as sensing element. In addition, conventional feedforward control method widely used design a controller, resulting imprecise position from sensory input. this work, we fabricate self-sensing...

The noise in hydraulic machines presents itself as fluid-borne (FBN), structure-borne (SBN) and air-borne (ABN). FBN is caused by the unsteady flow produced pumps motors or operation of digital hydraulics, propagates through system causing SBN, which turn causes ABN. This article reports on a novel integrated attenuation approach, employs hybrid control integrating an active feedforward attenuator with passive tuned flexible hoses. hoses are to cancel high-frequency pressure pulsations,...

Materials that are capable of actuation in response to a variety external stimuli significant interest for applications sensors, soft robotics, and biomedical devices. Here, we present class actuators using composites based on polymer intrinsic microporosity (PIM). By adding an activated carbon (AX21) filler PIM, the composite exhibits repeatable upon solvent evaporation wetting it is possible achieve highly controlled three-dimensional actuation. Curled shown open exposure close as result...

Soft robots and devices exploit highly deformable materials that are capable of changes in shape to allow conformable physical contact for controlled manipulation. While soft resilient mechanical impact, they susceptible damage, such as tears punctures. The development self‐healing actuators continues attract increasing interest, particular, with respect integrating polymers create bioinspired devices. Herein, a novel piezoelectric‐driven leaf‐motion mimic actuator is designed by combining...

The switched inertance hydraulic converter is a sub-domain of digital hydraulics which relies on switching to adjust pressure or flow instead the dissipation power by throttling, providing an energy-efficient alternative conventional proportional servo valve-controlled systems. high-speed valve key component realise and its characteristics has significant effects performance converters. In this article, rotary are investigated. orifice area calculated based movement components with...

The switched inertance hydraulic converter (SIHC) is a new technology providing an alternative to conventional proportional or servo-valve-controlled systems in the area of fluid power. SIHCs can adjust control flow and pressure by means using digital signals that do not rely on throttling dissipation power, provide with high-energy efficiency, flexible control, insensitivity contamination. In this article, analytical models SIHC three-port flow-booster configuration were used validated at...

Abstract Fluid-borne noise (FBN) is a major contributor to structure-borne (SBN) and air-borne (ABN) in hydraulic fluid power systems could lead increased fatigue system components. FBN caused by the unsteady flow generated pumps motors propagates through resulting SBN ABN. New technologies such as digital switched converters also generate unavoidable FBN. This article reports on novel integrated attenuation approach, which employs hybrid control integrating an active feed forward attenuator...

Soft actuators and robotic devices have been increasingly applied to the field of rehabilitation assistance, where safe human machine interaction is particular importance. Compared with their widely used rigid counterparts, soft can provide a range significant advantages; these include interaction, complex motions, ease fabrication resilience variety environments. In recent decades, effort has invested in development assistive for improving medical treatments quality life. This review...

Soft Self-Healing Robot robotic bodies are susceptible to mechanical fatigue, punctures, electrical breakdown, and ageing. Chaoying Wan, Min Pan, co-workers create a soft self-healing robot using thermoplastic MG-SBS elastomer tube fabricated by melt-extrusion allow the self-heal autonomously at room temperature. After repeated damage being separated into several parts, is able heal enable almost complete recovery of performance. More details can be found in article number 2305163.

Abstract Digital hydraulics is a novel alternative to proportional or servovalve-controlled systems in fluid power engineering, providing hydraulic with high-energy efficiency, good controllability, and insensitivity contamination. Switched inertance converters (SIHCs) are new digital devices that can adjust flow pressure by switching instead of throttling the flow. In this paper, an efficient closed-loop control system proposed for SIHCs subject time-varying loading conditions which load...

Abstract Switched inertance hydraulic converters (SIHC) are new digital devices which provide an alternative to conventional proportional or servo valve-controlled systems in fluid power. SIHCs can adjust and control flow pressure by means of using signals that do not rely on throttling the dissipation power, with high-energy efficiency, good controllability, insensitivity contamination. A booster is one configuration deliver more than supply flow. In this article, loading effects...