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View article: Hybrid LDA-CNN Framework for Robust End-to-End Myoelectric Hand Gesture Recognition Under Dynamic Conditions
Hybrid LDA-CNN Framework for Robust End-to-End Myoelectric Hand Gesture Recognition Under Dynamic Conditions Open
Gesture recognition based on conventional machine learning is the main control approach for advanced prosthetic hand systems. Its primary limitation is the need for feature extraction, which must meet real-time control requirements. On the…
View article: Viscoelastic study of conducting polymers using quartz crystal microbalance
Viscoelastic study of conducting polymers using quartz crystal microbalance Open
Application of conducting polymers has been growing widely in different fields such as batteries, solar cells, capacitors and actuators. Mechanical properties of conducting polymers like flexibility, high power to mass ratio and high activ…
View article: Crack‐Resistant and Tissue‐Like Artificial Muscles with Low Temperature Activation and High Power Density
Crack‐Resistant and Tissue‐Like Artificial Muscles with Low Temperature Activation and High Power Density Open
Constructing soft robotics with safe human–machine interactions requires low‐modulus, high‐power‐density artificial muscles that are sensitive to gentle stimuli. In addition, the ability to resist crack propagation during long‐term actuati…
View article: Developing Flexible Risk Management Systems for Resilience in a Post-pandemic World: Can Lessons from a Makerspace Case Study Support Pacific Island Communities?
Developing Flexible Risk Management Systems for Resilience in a Post-pandemic World: Can Lessons from a Makerspace Case Study Support Pacific Island Communities? Open
Pacific Island communities are facing disruptions to supply chains from natural disasters and a changing global environment, which have become more acute following the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, it has been demonstrated how flexible syste…
View article: Ultra‐Soft Organogel Artificial Muscles Exhibiting High Power Density, Large Stroke, Fast Response and Long‐Term Durability in Air (Adv. Mater. 29/2023)
Ultra‐Soft Organogel Artificial Muscles Exhibiting High Power Density, Large Stroke, Fast Response and Long‐Term Durability in Air (Adv. Mater. 29/2023) Open
Coiled Artificial Muscles In article number 2210419, Zhen Jiang, Geoffrey M. Spinks, and co-workers introduce a liquid crystalline organogel combined into a twisted and coiled fiber geometry to generate a powerful soft artificial muscle wi…
View article: Ultra‐Soft Organogel Artificial Muscles Exhibiting High Power Density, Large Stroke, Fast Response and Long‐Term Durability in Air
Ultra‐Soft Organogel Artificial Muscles Exhibiting High Power Density, Large Stroke, Fast Response and Long‐Term Durability in Air Open
Polymeric gel‐based artificial muscles exhibiting tissue‐matched Young's modulus (10 Pa–1 MPa) promise to be core components in future soft machines with inherently safe human–machine interactions. However, the ability to simultaneously ge…
View article: Actuator Materials for Environmentally Powered Engines
Actuator Materials for Environmentally Powered Engines Open
The first solid‐state engine that converted heat into continuous mechanical motion using a thermally responsive actuating material was introduced almost a century ago. These engines used vulcanized rubber where the cyclically heating and c…
View article: Artificial Muscles and Soft Robotic Devices for Treatment of End‐Stage Heart Failure
Artificial Muscles and Soft Robotic Devices for Treatment of End‐Stage Heart Failure Open
Medical soft robotics constitutes a rapidly developing field in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, with a promising future for millions of patients suffering from heart failure worldwide. Herein, the present state and future directi…
View article: Detailing the <scp>visco‐elastic</scp> origin of <scp>thermo‐mechanical</scp> training of twisted and coiled polymer fiber artificial muscles
Detailing the <span>visco‐elastic</span> origin of <span>thermo‐mechanical</span> training of twisted and coiled polymer fiber artificial muscles Open
Artificial muscles made be twisting and coiling polymer fibers provide outstanding performance. However, these materials show inconsistency in their non‐loaded length that depends on their thermo‐mechanical history. Typically, this behavio…
View article: Dynamic Mechanical and Creep Behaviour of Meltspun PVDF Nanocomposite Fibers
Dynamic Mechanical and Creep Behaviour of Meltspun PVDF Nanocomposite Fibers Open
Piezoelectric fibers have an important role in wearable technology as energy generators and sensors. A series of hybrid nanocomposite piezoelectric fibers of polyinylidene fluoride (PVDF) loaded with barium–titanium oxide (BT) and reduced …
View article: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel for Diving/Surfacing Device
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel for Diving/Surfacing Device Open
Underwater robots and vehicles have received great attention due to their potential applications in remote sensing and search and rescue. A challenge for micro aquatic robots is the lack of small motors needed for three-dimensional locomot…
View article: Highly Stretchable Self‐Powered Wearable Electrical Energy Generator and Sensors
Highly Stretchable Self‐Powered Wearable Electrical Energy Generator and Sensors Open
The ubiquity of wearables, coupled with the increasing demand for power, presents a unique opportunity for fiber‐based mobile energy generator systems. However, no commercially available systems currently exist with typical problems includ…
View article: Artificial Muscles from Hybrid Carbon Nanotube‐Polypyrrole‐Coated Twisted and Coiled Yarns
Artificial Muscles from Hybrid Carbon Nanotube‐Polypyrrole‐Coated Twisted and Coiled Yarns Open
Electrochemically or electrothermally driven twisted/coiled carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn actuators are interesting artificial muscles for wearables as they can sustain high stress. However, due to high fabrication costs, these yarns have lim…
View article: Fully 3D printed soft microactuators for soft microrobotics
Fully 3D printed soft microactuators for soft microrobotics Open
The feasibility of additive manufacturing actuating microstructures and microdevices with small dimension is presented. Using a custom-built extrusion 3D printer and CAD model of the device structure, bilayer microactuators driven by hydro…
View article: 3D Printing Microactuators for Soft Microrobots
3D Printing Microactuators for Soft Microrobots Open
Current additive manufacturing, including three-dimensional (3D) and so-called four-dimensional printing, of soft robotic devices is limited to millimeter sizes. In this study, we present additive manufacturing of soft microactuators and m…
View article: Wearable Electronic Textiles from Nanostructured Piezoelectric Fibers
Wearable Electronic Textiles from Nanostructured Piezoelectric Fibers Open
Wearable energy harvesting is of practical interest for many years and for diverse applications, including development of self‐powered wireless sensors within garments for human health monitoring. Herein, a novel approach is reported to cr…
View article: Carbon Nanotube Yarn: Carbon Nanotube Yarn for Fiber‐Shaped Electrical Sensors, Actuators, and Energy Storage for Smart Systems (Adv. Mater. 5/2020)
Carbon Nanotube Yarn: Carbon Nanotube Yarn for Fiber‐Shaped Electrical Sensors, Actuators, and Energy Storage for Smart Systems (Adv. Mater. 5/2020) Open
In fiber-based smart systems, carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers and yarns with coil and twist can impose flexible and stretchable properties in addition to excellent electrical and mechanical properties. They can operate as flexible electronic …
View article: Soft Pneumatic Sensing Chambers for Generic and Interactive Human–Machine Interfaces
Soft Pneumatic Sensing Chambers for Generic and Interactive Human–Machine Interfaces Open
Soft robots are ideal to interact safely alongside humans when compared to rigid‐bodied robots. These robots require robust soft sensors that can sustain large deformations. Novel soft pneumatic sensing chambers (SPSCs) that can be directl…
View article: Carbon nanotube and graphene fiber artificial muscles
Carbon nanotube and graphene fiber artificial muscles Open
Recent advances in artificial muscles based on twisted and coiled carbon nanotube yarns and graphene fibers.
View article: A Sequential Debonding Fracture Model for Hydrogen‐Bonded Hydrogels
A Sequential Debonding Fracture Model for Hydrogen‐Bonded Hydrogels Open
Hydrogen bonds are known to play an important role in prescribing the mechanical performance of certain hydrogels such as polyether‐based polyurethanes. The quantitative contribution of hydrogen bonds to the toughness of polymer networks, …
View article: Weavable asymmetric carbon nanotube yarn supercapacitor for electronic textiles
Weavable asymmetric carbon nanotube yarn supercapacitor for electronic textiles Open
Yarn type asymmetric supercapacitor with high weight ratio of rGO in anode for wearable electronics.
View article: The Bionic Bra: Using electromaterials to sense and modify breast support to enhance active living
The Bionic Bra: Using electromaterials to sense and modify breast support to enhance active living Open
Background Although the most supportive sports bras can control breast motion and associated breast pain, they are frequently deemed uncomfortable to wear and, as a result, many women report exercise bra discomfort. Given that exercise bra…
View article: Thermal actuation of hydrogels from PNIPAm, alginate, and carbon nanofibres
Thermal actuation of hydrogels from PNIPAm, alginate, and carbon nanofibres Open
Composite ionic‐covalent entanglement (ICE) hydrogel networks were prepared from poly( N ‐isopropylacrylamide), alginate, and carbon nanofibres. An optimised triple network hydrogel with 86% water content exhibited a compressive strength o…