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ArchiveOpinion · Nov 15, 2024
H-Shaped Transformable Rotorcraft Achieves Narrow-Gap Flight with Dynamic PID Control
Researchers present an H-shaped tilt-rotor UAV that reconfigures to reduce pass-through size by 44.2%, with attitude errors under 4° and smooth transition control.
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Honeycomb-Structured Particle Jamming Enhances Soft Finger Stiffness and Shape Adaptation
A variable-stiffness soft finger using honeycomb-supported particle jamming achieves 153.2° bending and 0.1038 N/mm stiffness, improving grip on irregular objects.
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Adaptive State Approximation for Multi-Agent RL in Sparse Reward Scenarios
A new algorithm uses state similarity to guide exploration in sparse-reward multi-agent tasks, outperforming existing methods in predator-prey simulations.
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Preisach-Based Modeling of Wire Rope Hysteresis in Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments
Researchers improve the Preisach model to compensate for wire rope drive hysteresis in surgical instruments, achieving sub-degree accuracy without end sensors.
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Rigid-Soft Hybrid Hemostatic Manipulator Designed for Battlefield Rescue
A rigid-soft hybrid manipulator combining an underactuated gripper and airbag for compression hemostasis shows reliable clamping and止血 in tests.
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Fabric-Based Soft Wearable System Assists Upper-Limb Motion
Researchers develop a lightweight fabric-based wearable system for shoulder and elbow assistance, reducing muscle activation by over 50%.
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SGPD: Stable Grasp Pose Detection for Complex Environments
A Gaussian-clustering-based grasp pose detection method improves stability and success rate for unknown objects in unstructured scenes.
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Vision-Free Terrain and Stiffness Adaptive Attitude Control for Quadruped Robots
A Kalman-filter-based terrain perception and stiffness adaptive controller improves quadruped stability on unstructured terrain without visual input.
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Fractional Admittance and Robust Control Enable Human-Robot Collaboration on Parallel Robots
Researchers improve Stewart platform response to human forces by 51% and cut tracking error by half using fractional-order admittance and robust inverse dynamics control.
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