Agriculture 4.0 is transforming farming livelihoods thanks to the development and adoption
of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics, traditionally …

Active mechanical metamaterials with customizable structures and deformations, active
reversible deformation, dynamically controllable shape-locking performance and …

In this work, a mechanical vibrational analysis of an ultrasonic atomizer is carried out to
control its atomization mass transfer rate. An ultrasonic atomizer is a device constructed with …

Soft robotic systems that are inspired by nature utilize soft materials to perform various tasks
in diverse environments. One promising method to control their movement is by utilizing …

This paper reports a flexible actuator operating via a liquid-to-gas phase change transition,
which is integrated with a wrinkled membrane to increase operating displacement. When the …

Soft actuation through droplet evaporation has significantly improved the actuation speed of
methods that utilize liquid vaporization. Instead of boiling bulk liquid, this method …

Soft robots present a different approach to rigid robots in the way they can interact with a
rigid surface and their adaptability to work under unstructured environments. In most cases …

Soft robotics provide great possibilities to break the gap between robots and humans. It is
believed to work with humans or even in the human bodies thus the demand of portability …

Soft robot applications have recently gained importance over rigid robots for their great
maneuverability to work cooperatively with human beings and in unstructured environments …

In this work a mechanical frequency analysis of an ultrasonic atomizer was carried out. At
present there are limited reported studies on the atomization phenomena generated by a …