Integrated-Hybrid Framework for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Microscopic Traffic Flow Modelling by Ammar Jafaripournimchahi, Yingfeng Cai, Hai Wang, Lu Sun, Jiancheng Weng

“…Focusing on the realization of the car following behavior of CA vehicles, the driving system (vehicle control system) and the vehicle mechanical system are modeled separately and linked by throttle and brake actuators model. The IH model constitutes the key part of the Full Velocity Difference (FVD) model considering the mechanical capability of vehicles and dynamic collision avoidance strategies to ensure the safety of following distance between two consecutive vehicles. …”
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A Reinforcement Learning Based Traffic Control Strategy in a Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram Region by Lingyu Zheng, Bing Wu

“…The proposed MARL strategy was evaluated by simulation in a 3×3 grid network compared with pretimed, actuated, and MFD-based traffic control strategies. …”
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Trajectory Simulation of Emergency Vehicles and Interactions with Surrounding Traffic by Cristián E. Cortés, Bruno Stefoni

“…In this research, we develop three models to incorporate specific non-EMV reactions associated with changing lanes, mounting the sidewalk, and approaching an intersection, plus two algorithms to actuate traffic lights at signalized intersections. …”
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Inkjet-Printed Flexible MEMS Switches for Phased-Array Antennas by Mahmuda Akter Monne, Xing Lan, Chunbo Zhang, Maggie Yihong Chen

“…The MEMS switch has a low actuation voltage of 1.2 V, current capacity of 0.2195 mA, a current on-off ratio of 2195 : 1, and an RF insertion loss of 5 dB up to 13.5 GHz. …”
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Towards Exploration of Social in Social Internet of Vehicles Using an Agent-Based Simulation by Kashif Zia, Arshad Muhammad, Abbas Khalid, Ahmad Din, Alois Ferscha

“…In IoV, the factors of connectivity and interaction/information dispersion are equally important as sensing/actuating, context-awareness, services provisioning, etc. …”
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Aerodynamic and Inertial Loading Effects of Insect-Inspired Appendages in Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Titilayo Ogunwa, Javaan Chahl

“…The analysis demonstrates the effect of these aerodynamic appendages on the steady flight and manoeuvre performance of a small aircraft with an actuated aft appendage capable of movement in the longitudinal and lateral axes, analogous to an insect abdomen. …”
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Modeling and Dynamic Performance Analysis of Hydraulic Top Drive Main Transmission System with Long Hydraulic Pipelines by Yuanling Shi, Pingsong Zhang

“…Its main transmission system was built with hydraulic power source and hydraulic actuators. During the drilling procession, the hydraulic top drive is mounted on a derrick, and moving along its vertical guide rails. …”
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Status and Challenges on Design and Implementation of Camber Morphing Mechanisms by Tuba Majid, Bruce W. Jo

“…In summary, this review provides researchers in the field of morphing mechanisms and wings with choices of materials, actuators, internal and external structure design for wings, and overarching process and design methodologies for implementation with futuristic and practical aspects of flight performance and applications. …”
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Empirical Data-Driven Linear Model of a Swimming Robot Using the Complex Delay-Embedding DMD Technique by Mostafa Sayahkarajy, Hartmut Witte

“…Kinematic equations and relations are proposed to measure the desired actuation to mimic anguilliform locomotion kinematics. …”
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Symmetric single-input eccentric tube robot (ETR) for manual use by Mayer Juliane, Dumancic Marcel, Pott Peter P.

“…This study aims to demonstrate the suitability as manually actuated instrument. A model for curvature as a function of input angle is presented, and a prototype ETR with an outer diameter of 1 mm is assembled and evaluated. …”
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Pig tongue soft robot mimicking intrinsic tongue muscle structure by Yuta Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Nabae, Megu Gunji, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

“…The results confirmed characteristic tongue motions, such as tip extension, flexion, and lateral bending, as well as stiffness changes during actuation, suggesting the potential for this soft robot to serve as a platform for academic and engineering studies.…”
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Mechano-gated iontronic piezomemristor for temporal-tactile neuromorphic plasticity by Xiao Wei, Zhixin Wu, Hanfei Gao, Shiqi Cao, Xue Meng, Yuqun Lan, Huixue Su, Zhenglian Qin, Hang Liu, Wenxin Du, Yuchen Wu, Mingjie Liu, Ziguang Zhao

“…Importantly, bridging to bioneuronal interfaces, these systems possess the capacity to construct a biohybrid perception-actuation circuit. We anticipate that such temporal plastic piezomemristor devices for abiotic-biotic interfaces can serve as promising hardware systems for interfacing dynamic tactile behaviors into diverse neuromodulations.…”
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AI-Enabled Sensing and Decision-Making for IoT Systems by Hao Qinxia, Shah Nazir, Ma Li, Habib Ullah Khan, Wang Lianlian, Sultan Ahmad

“…This revolution has been accepted around the globe for making life easier with the use of intelligent devices such as smart sensors, actuators, and many other devices. AI-enabled devices are more intelligent and capable of doing a specific task which saves a lot of resources and time. …”
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Ion‐Permeable Electrospun Scaffolds Enable Controlled In‐Vitro Electrostimulation Assay of Myoblasts by Serafina Pacilio, Francesco Decataldo, Roberta Costa, Tobias Cramer, Beatrice Fraboni, Giovanna Cenacchi, Maria Letizia Focarete

“…Differentiated cell actuation is found to be linearly correlated to current amplitude and number of current stimuli. …”
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An adaptive NMPC for ROVs trajectory tracking with environmental disturbances and model uncertainties by Yi Zhang, Jianing Zhang, Zhiyang Guo, Lei Zhang, Yuchen Shang

“…To address the trajectory tracking control needs of ROVs in complex underwater environments, a kinematic and dynamic model is first developed for a fully actuated ROV with six degrees of freedom (6-DOF). The trajectory tracking problem is formulated as an online, nonlinear receding horizon optimization process. …”
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Multidimensional System Identification and Active Vibration Control of a Piezoelectric-Based Sting System Used in Wind Tunnel by Yi Yu, Xing Shen, Yun Huang

“…In this paper, aiming at suppressing the vibration in pitch and yaw plane, a multidimensional system identification and active vibration control system on the basis of piezoelectric actuators is established. A vibration monitoring method based on the strain-displacement transformation (SDT) matrix is proposed, which can transform strain signals into vibration displacements. …”
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Computational Investigation of Fluidic Thrust Vectoring Control in Modified Vikas Nozzle by T. Harish Ragavendra, P. A. Anupama, K. S. Jai Pranesh, D. Lakshmanan, R. Abinaya

“…The pitching control for those launch vehicles is achieved by gimbaling the Vikas engine nozzle up to ± 4° with mechanical actuating parts. This research investigation dealt with the design modification, analysis, and estimation of performance parameters in the modified Vikas nozzle configurations intended for fluidic thrust vectoring control. …”
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The Piston Ring-Cylinder Bore Interface Leakage of Bent-Axis Piston Pumps Based on Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication and Rotation Speed by Lvjun Qing, Lichen Gu, Yan Wang, Wei Xue, Zhufeng Lei

“…The bent-axis piston pump is the core component of electrohydrostatic actuators (EHA) in aerospace applications, and its wear of key friction interfaces is greatly related to the healthy operation of pumps. …”
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Electric-field manipulation of magnetization in an insulating dilute ferromagnet through piezoelectromagnetic coupling by Dariusz Sztenkiel, Katarzyna Gas, Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki, Marek Foltyn, Cezary Śliwa, Tomasz Wojciechowski, Jarosław Z. Domagala, Detlef Hommel, Maciej Sawicki, Tomasz Dietl

“…Abstract The electric field control of magnetization is of significant interest in materials science due to potential applications in many devices such as sensors, actuators, and magnetic memories. Here, we report magnetization changes generated by an electric field in ferromagnetic Ga1−x Mn x N grown by molecular beam epitaxy. …”
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Dataguzzler-Python and SpatialNDE2: Crucial Software Infrastructure for Reconfigurable NDE Data Acquisition With Spatial Context by Tyler J. Lesthaeghe, Stephen D. Holland

“…In the field of nondestructive evaluation (NDE), we sometimes need an intricate system of multiple actuators and sensors to measure and assess the material condition or structural integrity of a specimen. …”
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