Academic Articles & Research Papers

Flexoelectricity Modulated Electron Transport of 2D Indium Oxide

Abstract The phenomenon of flexoelectricity, wherein mechanical deformation induces alterations in the electron configuration of metal oxides, has emerged as a promising avenue for regulating electron transport. Leveraging this mechanism, s...

Biohybrid Actuators for Soft Robotics: Challenges in Scaling Up

Living systems have evolved to survive in a wide range of environments and safely interact with other objects and organisms. Thus, living systems have been the source of inspiration for many researchers looking to apply their mechanics and ...

Large datasets of water vapor sorption, mass diffusion immersed in water, hygroscopic expansion and mechanical properties of flax fibre/shape memory epoxy hygromorph composites

This data article presents four experimental sets of results related to flax fibre composites with epoxy shape memory polymer matrix: water vapor absorption, mass diffusion immersed in water, hygroscopic expansion, mechanical properties. Th...

Combined Effect of the Parameters of Vacuum Interrupter and L-C Circuit Upon Arc Re-Ignition in HVDC Circuit Breakers

The new horizons for HVDC systems and their applications has intensified the research in HVDC protection systems. The HVDC circuit breakers (CB) has been the center of the protection systems with vacuum interrupters (VIs) showcasing a great...

Soft Pneumatic Bending Actuator with Integrated Carbon Nanotube Displacement Sensor

The excellent compliance and large range of motion of soft actuators controlled by fluid pressure has lead to strong interest in applying devices of this type for biomimetic and human-robot interaction applications. However, in contrast to ...

Highly efficient photonic PCR system based on plasmonic heating of gold nanofilms

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a standard molecular method that has the potential to solve the need for accurate, viable, and immediate infectious pathogen detection at point-of-care (POC) centers in different fields such as pathoge...

Electromagnetically Driven Robot for Multipurpose Applications

This paper presents a novel design of a continuum robot driven by electromagnets and springs, offering enhanced precision in multi-degree-of-freedom bending for diverse applications. Traditional continuum robots, while effective in navigati...

Development and Control of an Innovative Underwater Vehicle Manipulator System

Recently, as humans have become increasingly interested in ocean resources, underwater vehicle-manipulator systems (UVMSs) have played an increasingly important role in ocean exploitation. To realize precise operation in underwater narrow s...

Competitiveness of the Russian space industry in the global space services market

The article carries out an analysis of the competitiveness of the Russian space industry in the international space services market according to the following indicators: the volume of budget of national space organizations, the volume of t...

Development and Hybrid Control of an Electrically Actuated Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Motion Assistance

This paper describes a system design and hybrid control algorithm of an electrically actuated lower limb exoskeleton (LLE). The system design mainly includes three parts: mechanical structure design, actuation system design and sensor syste...

Detecting Target Objects by Natural Language Instructions Using an RGB-D Camera

Controlling robots by natural language (NL) is increasingly attracting attention for its versatility, convenience and no need of extensive training for users. Grounding is a crucial challenge of this problem to enable robots to understand N...

Incremental natural language processing for HRI

Robots that interact with humans face-to-face using natural language need to be responsive to the way humans use language in those situations. We propose a psychologically-inspired natural language processing system for robots which perform...

Training‐Efficient Personalised Knee Joint Moment Estimation via an Incremental Broad Learning System

ABSTRACT Knee joint moment estimation is a critical component in biomechanical analysis, with profound implications for rehabilitation assessment and the development of assistive devices like exoskeletons. However, existing data‐driven appr...

Natural language processing

This chapter introduces key natural language processing concepts and terminology. The ultimate objective of natural language processing is to allow people to communicate with computers in much the same way they communicate with each other. ...

Large Language Models and 3D Vision for Intelligent Robotic Perception and Autonomy

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and robotics, the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with 3D vision is emerging as a transformative approach to enhancing robotic sensing technologies. This convergence enables ...

Natural Language Processing

The AI approach applies to natural language processing. The AI communication approach uses intelligent systems. These intelligent systems, such as English, use natural languages. The process of Natural Language required a smart machine such...

Design and voice‐based control of a nasal endoscopic surgical robot

Abstract In traditional nasal surgery, surgeons are prone to fatigue and jitter by holding the endoscope for a long‐time. Some complex operations require assistant surgeon to assist with holding the endoscope. To address the above problems,...

Application of orthopedic robotics in cancer surgery: integrating precision treatment and postoperative exercise rehabilitation.

Cognitive Digital Twins in Surgery: Insights from an International Multidisciplinary Workshop.

Multi-objective deep deterministic policy gradient for cobot trajectory planning in automotive spot welding.