A survey on dielectric elastomer actuators for soft robots

GY Gu, J Zhu, LM Zhu, X Zhu - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Conventional industrial robots with the rigid actuation technology have made great progress
for humans in the fields of automation assembly and manufacturing. With an increasing …

Artificial perception built on memristive system: Visual, auditory, and tactile sensations

X Ji, X Zhao, MC Tan, R Zhao - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread implementation and rapid development of autonomous systems pose
stringent performance requirements on emerging sensory systems. In addition to the basic …

The tactip family: Soft optical tactile sensors with 3d-printed biomimetic morphologies

B Ward-Cherrier, N Pestell, L Cramphorn, B Winstone… - Soft robotics, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Tactile sensing is an essential component in human–robot interaction and object
manipulation. Soft sensors allow for safe interaction and improved gripping performance …

Trends and challenges in neuroengineering: toward “intelligent” neuroprostheses through brain-“brain inspired systems” communication

S Vassanelli, M Mahmud - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Future technologies aiming at restoring and enhancing organs function will intimately rely on
near-physiological and energy-efficient communication between living and artificial …

Fully 3D printed multi-material soft bio-inspired whisker sensor for underwater-induced vortex detection

JZ Gul, KY Su, KH Choi - Soft robotics, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Bio-mimicking the underwater sensors has tremendous potential in soft robotics, under
water exploration and human interfaces. Pinniped are semiaquatic carnivores that use their …

WSNs applications

HMA Fahmy - … , applications, experimentation and analysis of wireless …, 2023 - Springer
WSNs are infiltrating the environment in its wide sense, indoors and outdoors, in the human
body, in unapproachable emplacements; they have found their way into a wide variety of …

A review of biophilic design conception implementation in architecture

G Zare, M Faizi, M Baharvand… - Journal of Design and …, 2021 - mjs.um.edu.my
This review is about biophilic design and architecture, definitions, implications and
application. Scan books and studies have illustrated that the existence of terms …

Seeing by touch: Evaluation of a soft biologically-inspired artificial fingertip in real-time active touch

T Assaf, C Roke, J Rossiter, T Pipe, C Melhuish - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Effective tactile sensing for artificial platforms remains an open issue in robotics. This study
investigates the performance of a soft biologically-inspired artificial fingertip in active …

Multifunctional neurosynaptic devices for human perception systems

W Wen, Y Guo, Y Liu - Journal of Semiconductors, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The traditional Von Neumann architecture for processing information is difficult to
meet the needs of the big data era, while low-power, small-sized neurosynaptic devices can …

Control-focused, nonlinear and time-varying modelling of dielectric elastomer actuators with frequency response analysis

WR Jacobs, ED Wilson, T Assaf… - Smart Materials and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Current models of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are mostly constrained to first
principal descriptions that are not well suited to the application of control design due to their …