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Zillen, Eva (author), van der Windt, B. (author), Vallery, H. (author), Smit, G. (author)Background: Pneumatic actuators are widely used in applications like (medical) robots, or prostheses. Pneumatic actuators require a complex manufacturing process and are produced in standardized dimensions to reduce costs. Over the last decade 3D-printing has emerged as a cost-effective and efficient production method in medical applications....journal article 2024
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Kumar, Prabhat (author), Pinskier, Josh (author), Howard, David (author), Langelaar, Matthijs (author)Compliant mechanisms actuated by pneumatic loads are receiving increasing attention due to their direct applicability as soft robots that perform tasks using their flexible bodies. Using multiple materials to build them can further improve their performance and efficiency. Due to developments in additive manufacturing, the fabrication of...conference paper 2023
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Vallery, H. (author), Lachmann, F. (author), van der Helm, S.G. (author), Pennycott, A. (author), Smit, G. (author)Standing up using one leg is a challenging task for those with a transfemoral amputation, particularly for elderly users with a low activity level. Active prostheses are generally not accessible to this group and available passive prostheses do not support standing up. This article presents the design and evaluation of the “Energy Restoring...journal article 2023
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Wu, D. (author), Ha, Xuan Thao (author), Zhang, Yao (author), Ourak, Mouloud (author), Borghesan, Gianni (author), Niu, Kenan (author), Trauzettel, F. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Menciassi, Arianna (author), Poorten, Emmanuel Vander (author)In cardiovascular interventions, when steering catheters and especially robotic catheters, great care should be paid to prevent applying too large forces on the vessel walls as this could dislodge calcifications, induce scars or even cause perforation. To address this challenge, this paper presents a novel compliant motion control algorithm...journal article 2022
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Martínez Castro, J.F. (author), Buso, A. (author), Wu, J. (author), Karana, E. (author)Shape-changing textile interfaces have the potential to create unique functions, expressions, and interactions in everyday artifacts. However, the technical expertise required to fabricate and interact with these interfaces limits designers from rapidly iterating through diverse textile expressions. This pictorial presents TEX(alive), a low...conference paper 2022
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Roozendaal, Tjark (author), Verwaal, M. (author), Buso, A. (author), Scharff, R.B.N. (author), Song, Y. (author), Vink, P. (author)Sitting comfort is an important factor for passengers in selecting cars, airlines, etc. This paper proposes a soft robotic module that can be integrated into the seat cushion to provide better comfort experiences to passengers. Building on rapid manufacturing technologies and a data-driven approach, the module can be controlled to sense the...journal article 2022
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Wu, Di (author), Zhang, Yao (author), Ourak, Mouloud (author), Niu, Kenan (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Vander Poorten, Emmanuel B. (author)Catheters are increasingly being used to tackle problems in the cardiovascular system. However, positioning precision of the catheter tip is negatively affected by hysteresis. To ensure tissue damage due to imprecise positioning is avoided, hysteresis is to be understood and compensated for. This work investigates the feasibility to model...journal article 2021
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Hedayati, R. (author), Lakshmanan, Sandhya (author)Metamaterials are periodic structures which offer physical properties not found in nature. Particularly, acoustic metamaterials can manipulate sound and elastic waves both spatially and spectrally in unpreceded ways. Acoustic metamaterials can generate arbitrary acoustic bandgaps by scattering sound waves, which is a superior property for...journal article 2020
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Tschiersky, Martin (author), Hekman, Edsko E.G. (author), Brouwer, Dannis M. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Suzumori, Koichi (author)In this letter we demonstrate a pneumatic bending actuator for upper-limb assistive wearable robots which uses thin McKibben muscles in combination with a flexure strip. The actuator features both active soft actuation and passive gravity support, and in terms of force transmission bridges the gap between the classic rigid type actuators and...journal article 2020
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Olaleye, Akeem K. (author), Shardt, Orest (author), Walker, Gavin M. (author), van den Akker, H.E.A. (author)We performed an experimental and numerical investigation of pneumatic conveying of cohesive dairy powder. The experiments with fat-filled milk powder (FFMP) fines with an average particle size of 94 μm were carried out in a 2-inch diameter stainless steel pipe consisting of two 2.5 m horizontal sections connected to a 0.65 m vertical section...journal article 2019
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Scharff, R.B.N. (author), Doornbusch, Rens M. (author), Doubrovski, E.L. (author), Wu, J. (author), Geraedts, Jo M.P. (author), Wang, C.C. (author)Actuators using soft materials feature a large number of degrees of freedom. This tremendous flexibility allows a soft actuator to passively adapt its shape to the objects under interaction. In this paper, we propose a novel proprioception method for soft actuators during real-time interaction with previously unknown objects. First, we design...journal article 2019
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Jang, S.H. (author), Na, Seon Hong (author), Park, Yong Lae (author)This article presents a soft pneumatic bending actuator using a magnetically assisted bilayer composite composed of silicone polymer and ferromagnetic particles. Bilayer composites were fabricated by mixing ferromagnetic particles to a prepolymer state of silicone in a mold and asymmetrically distributed them by applying a strong non-uniform...journal article 2017
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Vos, R. (author), Scheepstra, J. (author), Barrett, R. (author)The paper begins with a brief historical overview of pressure adaptive materials and structures. By examining avian anatomy, it is seen that pressure-adaptive structures have been used successfully in the Natural world to hold structural positions for extended periods of time and yet allow for dynamic shape changes from one flight state to the...conference paper 2011
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Vos, R. (author), Barrett, R. (author)A new type of adaptive structure is presented that relies on pressurized honeycomb cells that extent a significant length with respect to the plane of the hexagons. By varying the pressure inside each of the cells, the stiffness can be altered. A variable stiffness in combination with an externally applied force field results in a fully embedded...conference paper 2010
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Vos, R. (author), Barrett, R. (author)A new type of adaptive structure is presented that relies on pressurized honeycomb cells that extent a significant length with respect to the plane of the hexagons. By varying the pressure inside each of the cells, the stiffness can be altered. A variable stiffness in combination with an externally applied force field results in a fully embedded...conference paper 2010
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- Biloria, N. (author) doctoral thesis 2007
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De Jong, T.P.R. (author), Mesina, M.B. (author), Kuilman, W. (author)The efficiency with which an electromagnetic sensor array is able to distinguish density and ash content of coal and shale mixtures was determined experimentally. The investigated sensor was originally designed for automatic metal detection and sorting in industrial glass recycle processing, where it is widely applied. In coal preparation, the...journal article 2003
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Storm van Leeuwen, S. (author)It is often necessary to correct for delay times in the units of a measurement channel, especially in the case of flight tests. In a pressure measurement channel the sensing orifice is connected to the transducer by a pressure line which may be several meters in length. In this case the pneumatic delay time might well be the major contribution...report 1990
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- Van der Linden, J.P. (author) doctoral thesis 1987
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Ottjes, J.A. (author)A model is derived to calculate the pressure losses originating from the dilute phase pneumatic transport of coarse particles in the horizontal stationary flow regime. The model is based on the balance of drag forces and frictional forces acting on the particles during pneumatic transport. The particles are characterized by the particle terminal...doctoral thesis 1982
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