DSC-SeNet: Unilateral Network with Feature Enhancement and Aggregation for Real-Time Segmentation of Carbon Trace in the Oil-Immersed Transformer by Liqing Liu, Hongxin Ji, Junji Feng, Xinghua Liu, Chi Zhang, Chun He

“…Visual inspection of internal defects is carried out using a self-developed micro-robot in this work. Carbon trace is the main visual characteristic of internal insulation defects. …”
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Electromagnetic metamaterial agent by Shengguo Hu, Mingyi Li, Jiawen Xu, Hongrui Zhang, Shanghang Zhang, Tie Jun Cui, Philipp del Hougne, Lianlin Li

“…In response to live environmental feedback within a real-world setting emulating an ambient-assisted living context (including human requests in natural language), our metaAgent prototype self-organizes a hierarchy of EM manipulation tasks in conjunction with commanding a robot. metaAgent masters foundational EM manipulation skills related to wireless communications and sensing, and it memorizes and learns from past experience based on human feedback.…”
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Effects of Diverting Stoma Creation in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Cancer by Hirotaka Momose, Makoto Takahashi, Masaya Kawai, Kiichi Sugimoto, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shunsuke Motegi, Kumpei Honjo, Yu Okazawa, Rina Takahashi, Shun Ishiyama, Yuichi Tomiki, Kazuhiro Sakamoto

“…Methods: The subjects were 143 patients with rectal cancer who underwent laparoscopic or robot-assisted low anterior resection with DS creation from January 2010 to May 2021. …”
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Facial expression recognition through muscle synergies and estimation of facial keypoint displacements through a skin-musculoskeletal model using facial sEMG signals by Lun Shu, Victor R. Barradas, Zixuan Qin, Yasuharu Koike

“…The development of facial expression recognition (FER) and facial expression generation (FEG) systems is essential to enhance human-robot interactions (HRI). The facial action coding system is widely used in FER and FEG tasks, as it offers a framework to relate the action of facial muscles and the resulting facial motions to the execution of facial expressions. …”
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Clinical advances in kidney autotransplantation: a review by Shengjie Lin, Jingci Gai, Shangjin Huang, Yingzhen He, Da Hao, Shuhang Luo, Yilong Lin, Jiang Qiu, Jun Li, Changxi Wang, Chenglin Wu

“…These techniques have shown promising outcomes, and robotic platforms have the potential to further reduce complications. …”
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SkelETT—Skeleton-to-Emotion Transfer Transformer by Pedro Victor Vieira Paiva, Josue Junior Guimaraes Ramos, Marina Gavrilova, Marco Antonio Garcia de Carvalho

“…Emotion recognition plays an essential role in human-computer interaction, spanning diverse domains from human-robot communication and virtual reality to mental health assessment and affective computing. …”
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An Electronic Slime-Based Epidermal Electrode Using Carbon Nanocomposites for Biosignal Sensing by Yu Feng, Hui Sun, Meng Chen, Cong Wu, Jiankun Li, Zhi Li, Kremena Makasheva, Na Liu, Guanglie Zhang, Wen Jung Li

“…Our results demonstrate the electrode's capability in biosignal sensing, including electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 46dB and electromyogram (EMG) monitoring for real-time human-robot interaction. This work introduces a novel strategy for the design and fabrication of epidermal electrodes, offering high conformability, low impedance, and superior signal quality, which holds significant promise for applications in intelligent healthcare monitoring and human-machine interfaces.…”
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Optimizing Rehabilitation Strategy for Walking after Stroke： from Assisted Walking Training to Brain-Limb Cooperative Therapy by YAN Tiebin

“…From various traditional Chinese medicine such as acupuncture on the limbs of patient, and modern rehabilitation technologies for paralyzed limbs (such as neurodevelopmental therapy, functional electrical stimulation, walking bicycle, and walking robot, etc.) to non-invasive brain stimulation technologies for focal brain (such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, and head acupuncture, etc.). …”
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Effects of UV-B light exposure during automatic milking on vitamin D levels in Holstein Friesian cows by Jaka Jakob Hodnik, Jaka Jakob Hodnik, Marko Jankovec, Jožica Ježek, Žiga Krušič, Stefan Mitterhofer, Jože Starič

“…A custom UV-B light (peak radiation at 295 nm) was installed in the milking robot. Blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were measured at baseline, and 7, 30, and 60 days post-exposure using an enzyme-linked fluorescent assay. …”
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Multi-mode Motion Analysis of Sideward Opening Aircraft Doors Based on Position and Orientation Characteristic Theory by Wu Borui, Hang Lubin, Peng Jiyou, Huang Xiaobo, Wu Yang, Qiu Xudong

“…From the viewpoint of topological synthesis of robot mechanism, it is proposed for the first time to abstract the opening motion mechanism of a certain type of the sideward opening aircraft door into a parallel mechanism composed of two SS branches and one <inline-formula><alternatives><math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2"><mi mathvariant="normal">◇</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>⊥</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi></math><graphic specific-use="big" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="alternativeImage/9079DA20-C1AE-48da-AAA0-894F1588485C-M002.jpg"><?…”
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Additively Manufactured Flexible EGaIn Sensor for Dynamic Detection and Sensing on Ultra-Curved Surfaces by Jiangnan Yan, Jianing Ding, Yang Cao, Hongyu Yi, Limeng Zhan, Yifan Gao, Kongyu Ge, Hongjun Ji, Mingyu Li, Huanhuan Feng

“…Electronic skin is widely employed in multiple applications such as health monitoring, robot tactile perception, and bionic prosthetics. …”
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Collaborative arts therapies as a supportive intervention for autism spectrum disorders: Bibliometric analysis, insights, and directions by Aijia Zhang, Xuexing Luo, Fangtian Ying, Jue Wang, Guanghui Huang

“…The most central keywords were related to the quality of life of people with ASD. “family”, “social robot” and “participation” are emerging topics in the research field. …”
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Design and development of a low-cost, eco-friendly forklift for sustainable logistics management by Asif Jalal, Muhammad Farooq, Izza Anwer, Nasir Hayat, Adeel Munir, Imran Zahid, Noreen Sher Akbar, M. Hamza, M. Nouman, Fahid Riaz

“…To address these safety and efficiency concerns cost-effectively, an automated robotic forklift prototype was developed. The key features of this industrial robot include full rotational mobility with a zero-degree turning radius, which reduces the time and space required to turn around corners. …”
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Soil Surface Roughness in Temperate Forest During SMAPVEX19-22 by Victoria A. Walker, Michael H. Cosh, William A. White, Andreas Colliander, Victoria R. Kelly, Paul Siqueira

“…Two experimental methods (handheld lidar and ultrasonic robot) were additionally tested at select sites. …”
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Kinesiotherapy for Post-stroke Rehabilitation： Analysis of Characteristics of Clinical Trials in the Past 20 Years Based on Clinical Trials Registry Platform by WANG Hui, FENG Yuting, YU Yongpei, HU Chenhua, TAO Liyuan

“…The main intervention measure with the highest proportion was robot-assisted rehabilitation (15.43%), followed by integrative treatment (13.73%), virtual reality (6.93%), and the main evaluation indexes were scores of motor function scales (42.53%) and motor function test (23.69%).ConclusionThe clinical trials related to kinesiotherapy of post-stroke rehabilitation are in a period of rapid growth, which is related to current trends with emphasis on the early rapid recovery of sensory and motor abilities and activities of daily living in the medical field, which will greatly improve the quality of life of patients after stroke. …”
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Emerging Risk Management in Industry 4.0: An Approach to Improve Organizational and Human Performance in the Complex Systems by F. Brocal, C. González, D. Komljenovic, P. F. Katina, Miguel A. Sebastián

“…Therefore, the objective of this paper is to propose an organizational and human performance approach to improve the emerging risk management linked to the complex systems, like as Human-Machine Interactions (HMI) and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). To fulfill this objective, we first introduce the concept of emerging risk linked to human factor. …”
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Triboelectric tactile sensor for pressure and temperature sensing in high-temperature applications by Yanhua Liu, Jinlong Wang, Tao Liu, Zhiting Wei, Bin Luo, Mingchao Chi, Song Zhang, Chenchen Cai, Cong Gao, Tong Zhao, Shuangfei Wang, Shuangxi Nie

“…The proposed self-powered multimodal sensing system offers a wider range of possibilities for human/robot/environment interaction applications.…”
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Dual‐Modal Dielectric Elastomer System for Simultaneous Energy Harvesting and Actuation by Zhiyuan Zhang, Wenwei Huang, Shaodi Zheng, Jianbo Tan, Jinzhan Cheng, Jiancheng Cai, Shiju E, Zisheng Xu

“…The practicality of the system is developed by integrating it into a mechanically powered soft robot capable of locomotion and environmental monitoring using a wireless temperature sensor. …”
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Predictive models for the implementation of targeted reproductive management in multiparous cows on automatic milking systems by Fergus P. Hannon, Martin J. Green, Luke O'Grady, Chris Hudson, Anneke Gouw, Laura V. Randall

“…Automatic milking systems (AMS) allow for the collection of data relating to milk quantity, quality, and robot visit behavior throughout the transition period. …”
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Isotropy of an Upper Limb Exoskeleton and the Kinematics and Dynamics of the Human Arm by Joel C. Perry, Janet M. Powell, Jacob Rosen

“…The integration of human and robot into a single system offers remarkable opportunities for a new generation of assistive technology. …”
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