Stimulus-active polymers can vary their shapes (configuration or dimension) or produce
mechanical power in response to external stimuli such as heat, electricity, light, magnetic …

Discussing theory and transport, synthesis, processing, properties, and applications, this
second edition of a standard resource covers advances in the field of electrically conducting …

Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) enable the production of stimuli-responsive polymer-
based materials with the ability to undergo a large recoverable deformation upon the …

Many significant fundamental concepts and practical applications have developed since the
publication of the best-selling second edition of the Handbook of Conducting Polymers. Now …

Research on continuum parallel robots has been essentially devoted to the computation of
their geometricostatic models and of their performance in terms of workspace size, accuracy …

This paper describes the modeling, development, and testing of low spring index nickel
titanium (NiTi) coil actuators designed for use in wearable compression garments, and …

There is a growing interest on the study of continuum parallel robots (CPRs) due to their
higher stiffness and better dynamics capacities than serial continuum robots (SCRs) …

Catheter assemblies, including balloon catheterassemblies which have an expandable
balloon member located at the distal end of the balloon catheter, are employed in a variety …

Continuum robots have shown astounding abilities to assist surgeons reaching confined
spaces in the human body. Thus, accurate control of these manipulators, and particularly …

Minimally invasive surgical tools using catheter based technology plays an important role in
biomedical diagnostics and treatments. Much research has focused on producing an …