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  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
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29 Pages

8 December 2023

Mechanical vibrational energy, which is provided by continuous or discontinuous motion, is an infinite source of energy that may be found anywhere. This source may be utilized to generate electricity to replenish batteries or directly power electrica...

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1 Citations
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25 Pages

Non-Inertial Dynamic Analysis of 3-SPS/U Parallel Platform by Screw Theory and Kane’s Method

  • Tianzhu Wang,
  • Haifeng Yang,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Jinhui Fang,
  • Zhenyu Lai,
  • Ruilin Feng,
  • Jianhua Wei and
  • Zhanfeng Wang

24 October 2024

This paper presents an improved method for the non-inertial dynamic analysis of the 3-SPS/U parallel platform (3-SPS/U PM), employing the screw theory and Kane’s method, where S, P, and U denote spherical, prismatic, and universal joints, respe...

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5 Citations
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13 Pages

18 March 2023

Thin fiber-shaped pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) can generate contractile motions upon stimulation, and it is well known for its good compliance, high weight-to-power ratio, resemblance to animal muscle movements, and, most importantly, the capabi...

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37 Citations
13,862 Views
29 Pages

Recent Advancements in Augmented Reality for Robotic Applications: A Survey

  • Junling Fu,
  • Alberto Rota,
  • Shufei Li,
  • Jianzhuang Zhao,
  • Qingsheng Liu,
  • Elisa Iovene,
  • Giancarlo Ferrigno and
  • Elena De Momi

13 August 2023

Robots are expanding from industrial applications to daily life, in areas such as medical robotics, rehabilitative robotics, social robotics, and mobile/aerial robotics systems. In recent years, augmented reality (AR) has been integrated into many ro...

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55 Citations
12,551 Views
31 Pages

25 February 2023

Over the past decade, 3D printing technology has been leading the manufacturing revolution. A recent development in the field of 3D printing has added time as a fourth dimension to obtain 4D printing parts. A fabricated design created by 3D printing...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
12,339 Views
35 Pages

18 December 2024

This review will examine the rapidly growing field of soft robotics, with a special emphasis on soft robotic actuators and their applications in bioengineering. Bioengineering has increasingly utilized soft robotics due to their mechanical adaptabili...

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76 Citations
11,479 Views
21 Pages

18 October 2023

Point machines are the actuators for railway switching and crossing systems that guide trains from one track to another. Hence, the safe and reliable behavior of point machines are pivotal for rail transportation. Recently, scholars and researchers h...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
11,447 Views
16 Pages

25 February 2023

Haptic technology that provides tactile sensation feedback by utilizing actuators to achieve the purpose of human–computer interaction is obtaining increasing applications in electronic devices. This review covers four kinds of electromechanica...

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  • Open Access
49 Citations
11,442 Views
32 Pages

28 January 2023

This study proposes using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to carry out tasks involving path planning and obstacle avoidance, and to explore how to improve work efficiency and ensure the flight safety of drones. One of the applications under considera...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,494 Views
25 Pages

Design and Simulation of a Seven-Degree-of-Freedom Hydraulic Robot Arm

  • Jun Zhong,
  • Wenjun Jiang,
  • Qianzhuang Zhang and
  • Wenhao Zhang

14 September 2023

The current reliance on manual rescue is inefficient, and lightweight, highly flexible, and intelligent robots need to be investigated. Global seismic disasters occur often, and rescue jobs are defined by tight timetables and high functional and inte...

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Actuators - ISSN 2076-0825