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Generalized Task‐Driven Design of Soft Robots via Reduced‐Order Finite Element Method‐Based Surrogate Modeling

Yao Yao, David Howard, Perla Maiolino • Advanced Intelligent Systems (2026)

Task‐driven design of soft robots requires models that are physically accurate and computationally efficient, while remaining transferable across actuator designs and task scenarios. However, existing modeling approaches typically face a fu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/aisy.70406

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

Progress in Bioinspired Dry and Wet Gradient Materials from Design Principles to Engineering Applications

Xiaoxiao Dong, Hong Zhao, Jiapeng Li, Yu Tian et al. • iScience (2020)

Summary: Nature does nothing in vain. Through millions of years of revolution, living organisms have evolved hierarchical and anisotropic structures to maximize their survival in complex and dynamic environments. Many of these structures ar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101749

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

Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation: A Robot for Wrist Rehabilitation

Hermano Igo Krebs, Bruce T. Volpe, Dustin Williams, James Celestino et al. • IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (2007)

In 1991, a novel robot, MIT-MANUS, was introduced to study the potential that robots might assist in and quantify the neuro-rehabilitation of motor function. MIT-MANUS proved an excellent tool for shoulder and elbow rehabilitation in stroke...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2007.903899 PMC: 2733849

Robotics and Automation Handbook

• CRC Press eBooks (2018)

The History of Robotics, Wesley L. Stone Rigid-Body Kinematics, Gregorg S. Chirikjian Inverse Kinematics, Bill Goodwine Newton-Euler Dynamics of Robots, Mark L. Nagurka Lagrangian Dynamics, Milo?s ? Zefran and Francesco Bullo Kane's Method ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315220352

The Internet of Robotic Things

Pieter Simoens, Mauro Dragone, Alessandro Saffiotti • International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (2018)

The Internet of Robotic Things is an emerging vision that brings together pervasive sensors and objects with robotic and autonomous systems. This survey examines how the merger of robotic and Internet of Things technologies will advance the...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881418759424

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

A Novel Passive Implantable Differential Mechanism to Restore Individuated Finger Flexion during Grasping following Tendon Transfer Surgery: A Pilot Study

Suraj Chakravarthi Raja, Won Suk You, Kian Jalaleddini, Justin C. Casebier et al. • Applied Sciences (2023)

Tendon transfer surgery is often used to restore hand grasp function following high median-ulnar nerve palsy. This surgery typically reroutes and sutures the tendon of the extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) muscle to all four flexor digi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app13095804

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

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 Two-Dimensional Sequential Packing Method for Lunar Regolith Particles Based on Random Polygons

Chunguang Zhang, Feng Sun, Ye Li, Haining Zhao et al. • Aerospace (2026)

To accurately characterize the effects of polydisperse particle sizes, multimineral composition, and angular morphology on the packing structure of lunar regolith, a two-dimensional sequential packing method based on random convex octagons ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/aerospace13070612

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

Human–Robot Interaction in Rescue Robotics

Robin Roberson Murphy • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part C (Applications and Reviews) (2004)

Rescue robotics has been suggested by a recent DARPA/NSF study as an application domain for the research in human-robot integration (HRI). This paper provides a short tutorial on how robots are currently used in urban search and rescue (USA...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmcc.2004.826267

Developmental robotics: a survey

Max Lungarella, Giorgio Metta B, Rolf Pfeifer, Giulio Sandini • Connection Science (2003)

Developmental robotics is an emerging field located at the intersection of robotics, cognitive science and developmental sciences. This paper elucidates the main reasons and key motivations behind the convergence of fields with seemingly di...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540090310001655110

Robotics

• The MIT Press eBooks (2013)

Papers from a flagship conference reflect the latest developments in the field, including work in such rapidly advancing areas as human-robot interaction and formal methods. Robotics: Science and Systems VIII spans a wide spectrum of roboti...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9816.001.0001

Quantum Computing in Big Data Analytics: A Survey

Tawseef Ayoub Shaikh, Rashid Ali • IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT) (2016)

Big Data is a term which denotes data that is beyond storage capacity and processing capabilities of classical computer and getting some insight from large amount of data is a very big challenge at hand. Quantum Computing comes to rescue by...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/cit.2016.79

Quantum Computing: An Overview Across the System Stack

Salonik Resch, Ulya R. Karpuzcu • arXiv (Cornell University) (2019)

Quantum computers, if fully realized, promise to be a revolutionary technology. As a result, quantum computing has become one of the hottest areas of research in the last few years. Much effort is being applied at all levels of the system s...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1905.07240