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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Mechanical Intelligence"”.
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Advancing Multi-Axis Force/Torque Sensing via Beam Optimization, Self-Decoupling Mechanisms, and Morphing-Based Mechanical Intelligence
… self-decoupling, in-measurement morphing-based mechanical intelligence, and a novel six-axis self-decoupling architecture into a cohesive framework, establishing a new paradigm for high-performance force/torque measurement. The overarching research vision is to develop a class of adaptive, …
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Learning-based control of a cyberoctopus
… activation strategies, leveraging the inherent mechanical intelligence of the arms to facilitate whole-arm interactions with other arms, obstacles, and moving objects in the environment. The CyberOctopus demonstrates refined manipulation and locomotion tasks in real-time, with potential …
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Don’t Over Think It: Mechanically Intelligent Manipulation
… capability and complexity through the lens of mechanical intelligence: the ability of the body to contribute to functionality. We develop two grippers that serve as examples of this idea, Belt Orienting Phalanges and Flexible Robust Observant Gripper. Belt Orienting Phalanges (BOP) enables …
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Modeling and Applications of Everting Vine Robots
… Eversion gives the proposed device a passive mechanical intelligence allowing it to enter the patient's airway without heading control. Results will demonstrate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of such a device by characterizing the following: minimum pressures and forces required to …
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Design, Fabrication, and Data-Driven Locomotion Control of Modular Reconfigurable Soft Robots
… such as low fabrication costs, fault tolerance,mechanical intelligence, resilience to damages, and decentralized control, offer complex andversatile behavior even with simple design and control. However, the nonlinear behaviorof soft materials complicates modeling and makes repeatability and …
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Multiphysics Topology Optimization of Programmable Shape Memory Alloy-Based Smart Structures
… of smart structures to the next level of ""mechanical intelligence"", with predictable and programmable active responses. This dissertation, leveraging shape memory alloys (SMAs) as an example, focuses on developing a comprehensive framework for the analysis and design of smart materials and …
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Using Rigid and Soft Grippers for Assistive Robotic Tasks
… developments, however, we hypothesize that mechanical intelligence will make it fundamentally easier for robot arms to feed humans. In this paper we therefore introduce two end effector designs. One of which is called the RISO, a mechanics and controls approach for unifying traditional RIgid …
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The meaning of structure in chaucerian narrative
… for comedy in The Nun1s Priest1s Tale. There the mechanical intelligence of a beast-like man is shown to be the theme and the basis, in part, of the tale's humor. Chapter Six, finally, investigates the use of the whole model, with its deliberate disjunctions, for instruction and consolation in The …
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A CyberOctopus in fluids: Unraveling the mechanics of architected soft system
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01