Hierarchically Structured Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Terpolymer–Rhodamine Dye Conjugates by Samiksha Vaidya, Meenakshi Sharma, Christian Brückner, Rajeswari M. Kasi

“…Optically responsive materials are applied in sensing, actuators, and optical devices. One such class of material is dye-doped liquid crystal polymers that self-assemble into cholesteric mesophases that reflect visible light. …”
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A Motor Learning Oriented, Compliant and Mobile Gait Orthosis by A. Calanca, S. Piazza, P. Fiorini

“…It is an active device that is realized starting from a commercial reciprocated Gait Orthosis applying sensors and actuators to it. With ARGO we aim to develop a device for helping limbs in a non-coercive way accordingly to user’s intention. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEVICE FOR LIMITING TENSION OF THE WIRE IN A SHORT CIRCUIT by I. I. Sergey, E. G. Panamarenka, Ya. A. Potachits

“…However, in spans of a great length after the actuation of the damper the occurrence of new bursts of tension is possible due to the sudden stop of the wire.…”
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Semiactive Vibration Control for Horizontal Axis Washing Machine by Barış Can Yalçın, Haluk Erol

“…This method is based on adjusting the maximum force values produced by the semiactive suspension elements considering a washing machine’s vibration data (three axis angular position and three axis angular acceleration values in time). Before actuation signals are received by the step motors of the friction dampers, vibration data are evaluated, and then, the step motors start to narrow or expand the radius of bracelets located on the dampers. …”
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Dynamic Modeling and Adaptive Robust Synchronous Control of Parallel Robotic Manipulator for Industrial Application by Haiqiang Zhang, Hairong Fang, Qi Zou, Dan Zhang

“…In this paper, we proposed three types of adaptive robust synchronous controllers to solve the trajectory tracking problem for a redundantly actuated parallel manipulator. The inverse kinematic of the parallel manipulator was firstly developed, and the dynamic formulation was further derived by mean of the principle of virtual work. …”
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Design of a Simple and Modular 2-DOF Ankle Physiotherapy Device Relying on a Hybrid Serial-Parallel Robotic Architecture by Christos E. Syrseloudis, Ioannis Z. Emiris, Theodore Lilas, Artemis Maglara

“…An active parallel chain, which consists of two prismatic actuators, provides the movement of the platform. Thus, the platform can follow the foot movements, thanks to the passive chain, and also possesses the advantages of parallel robots, including rigidity, high stiffness and force capabilities. …”
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A Novel Active Vibration Control Method for Helicopter Fuselages Based on Diffusion Cooperation by Jingliang Li, Yang Lu

“…With the increase in control positions in the fuselage, more actuators and error sensors are needed to meet the vibration reduction requirements, forming a large-scale multichannel system. …”
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Nanorobots with Hybrid Biomembranes for Simultaneous Degradation of Toxic Microorganism by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, M. N. Manjunatha, S. Radjarejesri, B. Ramesh, Ram Subbiah, Nahom Adugna

“…They may benefit from onboard actuators, detection, management, and deployment of a variety in medical functions. …”
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A Study on Dynamic Characteristics of Satellite Antenna System considering 3D Revolute Clearance Joint by Zhengfeng Bai, Jijun Zhao

“…The dual-axis driving and positioning mechanism is one kind of space actuating mechanism for satellite antenna to implement precise guidance and positioning. …”
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A combined comfort and safety-based approach to assess the performance of advanced driver assistance functions by Michelangelo-Santo Gulino, Giulio Vichi, Federica Cecchetto, Luigi Di Lillo, Dario Vangi

“…., the time between consecutive scans of the scenario by sensors and the time for full actuation of drive-by-wire systems), it becomes possible to compare performances of different types of intervention logic. …”
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Supramolecular Assembly and Reversible Transition and of Chitosan Fluorescent Micelles by Noncovalent Modulation by An Liu, Hong Song, Puyou Jia, Ying Lin, Qingping Song, Jiangang Gao

“…Moreover, the size of the micelles underwent a remarkable decrease, whereas the fluorescence emission was further enhanced by ~6.25-fold. The pH actuated micellar transition from PIC to HBC with tunable fluorescence performance is fully reversible. …”
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Controllable Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Three-Phase Flow Pulsating Mixing Microfluidic Chip by Guojun Liu, Xiang Ma, Xiaodong Sun, Yanhui Jia, Tengfei Wang

“…On the basis of liquid-phase reduction mechanism, a novel synthesis method to prepare silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is proposed, which uses piezoelectric-actuated three-phase flow pulsating mixing microfluidic chip. …”
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Model of an automated control system for the positioning of radio signal transmission/reception devices by Bohdan Boriak, Alina Yanko, Oleksandr Laktionov

“…The subjects of this article are methods and means for ensuring precise and stable antenna positioning using web-based controllers with integrated sensors and actuators. This research aimed to develop a model of an automated control system for the positioning of radio signal transmission/reception antennas, including directional antennas with a radiation pattern angle of 60-90 degrees, ensuring the minimization of azimuth positioning error. …”
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TWO DESIGNS OF THE ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE EMBEDDED INTO AN ASYNCHRONOUS MOTOR by V. V. Solencov, V. V. Brel

“…During a short time period the braking device needs to convert a significant amount of mechanical energy into heat energy and transfer it into the environment without compromising the operability of both devices and machines in general. For electric actuators braking a normally closed mechanical brake is frequently used. …”
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Development of an Innovative Magnetorheological Gearbox for Positioning Control and Anti-Disturbance of a Robotic Arm by Yuyang Zhang, Shuaishuai Sun, Lei Deng, Guorui Wang, Rui Yu, Weihua Li, Xinglong Gong, Shiwu Zhang, Haiping Du, Jian Yang

“…To resolve this problem, this work integrates a compact magnetorheological (MR) bearing, which is capable of switching between locking and unlocking states utilizing the MR effect, into the gearbox of the actuation system of the robotic arm. This integration enables the gearbox (referred to as the MR gearbox) to exhibit variable damping characteristics. …”
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Neural Network-Based Parameter Estimation and Compensation Control for Time-Delay Servo System of Aeroengine by Hongyi Chen, Qiuhong Li, Zhifeng Ye, Shuwei Pang

“…Servo systems are important actuators of aeroengines. The repetitive, reciprocating motion of the servo system leads to significant changes in its time delay and gain characteristics, and degradation increases the uncertainty of these changes. …”
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Effect of plasma assisted combustion on emissions of a premixed nitrous oxide fuel blend by Boj N. Villanueva, Po-Hung Lin, Yueh-Heng Li, Jaime P. Honra

“…Chemiluminescence imaging was used to observe the changes in radical species emissions for a laminar premixed CH4/N2O/Ar flame under plasma actuation and emission results were measured with a flue gas analyzer. …”
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Highly Thermally Conductive Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Resin Vitrimers with Reconfigurable, Shape‐Memory, Photo‐Thermal, and Closed‐Loop Recycling Performance by Fengyuan Zhang, Junliang Zhang, Kuan Zhang, Xiao Zhong, Mukun He, Hua Qiu, Junwei Gu

“…Furthermore, the CNTs/LCER vitrimer displays light‐induced actuation, self‐repairing, and self‐welding besides the closed‐loop recycling and rapid degradation performance.…”
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Design of a wasp-inspired biopsy needle capable of self-propulsion and friction-based tissue transport by Jette Bloemberg, Suzanne van Wees, Suzanne van Wees, Vera G. Kortman, Aimée Sakes

“…The resulting biopsy needle features six parallel needle segments interconnected by a ring passing through slots along the length of the needle segments, enabling a wasp-inspired reciprocating motion. Actuation employs a cam and follower mechanism for controlled translation of the segments. …”
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An optimized method for AUV trajectory model in benthonic hydrothermal area based on improved slime mold algorithm by Chunmeng Jiang, Yiming Tang, Jianguo Wang, Wenchao Zhang, Min Zhou, Jiaying Niu, Lei Wan, Guofang Chen, Gongxing Wu, Xide Cheng

“…In response to the demanding requirements of AUV trajectory tracking control in the benthonic hydrothermal area, an under-actuated test platform was first established, and the cubic spline interpolation was adopted to process the preset path points for a smooth desired trajectory. …”
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