Reset
Showing 20 of 4,934 academic articles

The robotics primer

• Choice Reviews Online (2008)

The Robotics Primer offers a broadly accessible introduction to robotics for students at pre-university and university levels, robot hobbyists, and anyone interested in this burgeoning field. The text takes the reader from the most basic co...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.45-3222

Socially assistive robotics [Grand Challenges of Robotics]

Adriana Tapus, Maja J. Matarić, Brian Michael Scassellati • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (2007)

Socially intelligent robotics is the pursuit of creating robots capable of exhibiting natural-appearing social qualities. Beyond the basic capabilities of moving and acting autonomously, the field has focused on the use of the robot's physi...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2007.339605

Performance and Energy Consumption Analysis for UWSNs with Priority Scheduling Based on Access Probability and Wakeup Threshold

Ning Li, Zhiyu Xiang, Liang Feng, Zhiqiang Gao et al. • Sensors (2025)

As advancements in autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology unfold, the role of underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) is becoming increasingly pivotal. However, the high energy consumption in these networks can significantly red...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/s25020570

Innovations in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a review of clinical evidence and patient-reported outcomes for ExoTMS

David Pánek, Václav Gerla, Michelle Dees, Yael Halaas et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2026)

IntroductionTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique with demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of multiple psychiatric and neurological disorders. ExoTMS represents an evolution in TMS system des...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1850212

Cascaded Dual-Observer-Based Decoupled Estimation of Mass and Track Gradient for Permanent-Magnet-Driven Electric Monorail Cranes

Qijing Qin, Ziming Kou, Shaokai Kou, Guijun Gao et al. • Actuators (2026)

Precise data regarding the overall mass of the machinery and the gradient of the track are crucial for optimizing the control of monorail cranes and enhancing energy efficiency. Within the context of electric monorail cranes (EMCs), accurat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/act15090479

Robotont 3–an accessible 3D-printable ROS-supported open-source mobile robot for education and research

Eva Mõtshärg, Veiko Vunder, Renno Raudmäe, Marko Muro et al. • Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2024)

Educational robots offer a platform for training aspiring engineers and building trust in technology that is envisioned to shape how we work and live. In education, accessibility and modularity are significant in the choice of such a techno...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1406645

The Effect of Robotics and Coding Education on Girls’ STEM Motivation, Attitude and Career Aspirations

Salih Gülen, İsmail Dönmez, Fatma Betül Şengönül, Miyase Aslantaş et al. • SAGE Open (2025)

STEM education aims to develop 21st-century skills, support economic growth and promote gender equality in STEM fields. It is known that gender stereotypes play a significant role in the formation of STEM identity. The most important factor...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21582440251382631

Evolutionary Robotics

Stefano Nolfi, Dario Floreano • The MIT Press eBooks (2000)

Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their ow...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/2889.001.0001

Soft Robotics

George M. Whitesides • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2018)

This description of "soft robotics" is not intended to be a conventional review, in the sense of a comprehensive technical summary of a developing field. Rather, its objective is to describe soft robotics as a new field-one that offers oppo...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201800907

Socially intelligent robots: dimensions of human–robot interaction

Kerstin Dautenhahn • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2007)

Social intelligence in robots has a quite recent history in artificial intelligence and robotics. However, it has become increasingly apparent that social and interactive skills are necessary requirements in many application areas and conte...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.2004 PMC: 2346526

Robot Motion: Planning and Control

Michale Brady, John M. Hollerbach, T. Johnson, Matthew T. Mason et al. (1983)

From the Publisher: The present surge of interest in robotics can be expected to continue through the 1980s. Major research efforts are springing up throughout industry and in the universities. Senior and graduate level courses are being d...

OPENALEX

Robots at Work

Georg Graetz, Guy Michaels • The Review of Economics and Statistics (2018)

We analyze for the first time the economic contributions of modern industrial robots, which are flexible, versatile, and autonomous machines. We use novel panel data on robot adoption within industries in seventeen countries from 1993 to 20...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00754

An inexact multiple-recourse hybrid-fuel management model with considering carbon reduction requirement for a biofuel-penetrated heating system

D.Z. Fu, T.J. Yang, Y.J. Pan, Y.M. Tong • Energy Reports (2023)

In China’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060, the blending-biofuel-based heating technique is being used to reduce CO2 and air-pollutant emissions in existing district heating systems in northern China. This brings a series of new ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.03.081

4D printing of semi-crystalline crosslinked polymer networks with two-way shape-memory effect

Lorenzo Bonetti, Daniele Natali, Stefano Pandini, Massimo Messori et al. • Materials & Design (2024)

This paper introduces a novel approach to 4D printing tailored structures with reversible two-way shape-memory effect (SME) through material extrusion technology. To this aim, methacrylated poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) was synthesized and eva...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112725

Monolithic UV‐Laser Programming of Photothermally Meta‐Morphing SMA Structures: Dual‐Encoded Kirigami Mechanics and Photonic Absorbance

Hyunsoo Kim, Manmatha Mahato, Hunpyo Ju, Ryanda Enggar Anugrah Ardhi et al. • Advanced Science (2026)

ABSTRACT Photothermal shape memory alloys (SMAs) offer a promising pathway toward wireless soft robotic systems, yet their practical implementation remains limited by reliance on heterogeneous coatings and multistep processing to achieve su...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/advs.74930

Digital Analysis Methods in Business-Processes and Projects in Digital Twins at Investment-Construction Companies

A. I. Sukhorukov, E. A. Zakharova, E. V. Shvetsov • Вестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. Плеханова (2024)

The article analyzes modeling of investment-construction company work from graph models to digital analogues. Such analysis is necessary in order to build economically grounded twin of the investment-construction company. The need to use ad...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21686/2413-2829-2024-6-153-162

Improvement of Cycling Stability of Core–Shell Structured Ni-Rich NMC Cathodes by Using a Tungsten Oxide Stabilization Interlayer

Bilal Tasdemir, Svitlana Krüger, Pinank Sohagiya, Apurba Ray et al. • Batteries (2026)

The growing demand for higher-energy lithium-ion batteries, encompassing consumer electronics, stationary grid storage, and electric mobility to specialized sectors like aerospace, medical devices, and industrial robotics, requires cathode ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/batteries12030082

A Novel Bird-Shape Broadband Piezoelectric Energy Harvester for Low Frequency Vibrations

Han Yu, Xiaofan Zhang, Xiaobiao Shan, Liangxing Hu et al. • Micromachines (2023)

This work presents a novel bird-shaped broadband piezoelectric energy harvester based on a two-DOF crossed beam for low-frequency environmental vibrations. The harvester features a cantilever mounted on a double-hinged beam, whose rotating ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/mi14020421