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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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Hoppener, Bruce (author)
Focal laser ablation is a new, promising method to treat tumors. The current focal laser ablation approach is to insert an optical fiber into the patient using rigid needles. A side effect of this approach is that during the needle insertion, tissue damage occurs. The larger the diameter of the needle, the more tissue damage. If the diameter of...
master thesis 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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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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van der Windt, Bob (author)
Fluid-controlled actuators are widely used in lower limb prostheses. Most fluid-controlled actuators have valves integrated into the cylinder systems and require complex manufacturing steps, making these systems expensive. A cost-effective production method for these complex actuator valve systems is 3D-printing. The goal of this research is to...
master thesis 2022
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Zoumhani, Oualid (author)
master thesis 2022
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Zillen, Eva (author)
<b>Background</b> Pneumatic actuators are widely used in applications like (medical) robots, or prosthetics. They require tight tolerances to keep them leakage-free. Over the last decade 3D-printing, or additive manufacturing, has emerged as a cost-effective production method in these applications.<br/><b>Objective</b> The goal of this research...
master thesis 2021
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Yikilmaz, Semih (author)
Developments in minimally invasive surgery such as natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery and single port laparoscopic surgery have pushed medical devices to be higher articulated and more dexterous. These surgery methods have proven to greatly decrease bleeding, scar tissue, hospital time, and cost. The procedures involve the...
master thesis 2021
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Mastenbroek, Merel (author)
Background Upper limb prostheses help people with an upper limb deficiency in performing activities of daily living. They can be divided into two categories; body-powered and externally powered prostheses. The advantage of body-powered prostheses is that they provide feedback to the user. The advantage of externally powered prostheses is the low...
master thesis 2021
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Amory, Tijmen (author)
Cephalopods (e.g. squids, octopuses, cuttlefish) are able to actively adapt their appearance in terms of color, texture or transparency. The goal of this project is to mimic this ability with a simple and mechanical solution and apply this technology to a product or environment. This resulted in a pneumatic mechanism which folds open after...
master thesis 2021
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Das, Hemjyoti (author)
Pneumatic cylinders provide an environment-friendly actuation means by minimizing the leakage of any harmful industrial fluids, as occurs for hydraulic actuators. Thus, pneumatic actuators require less maintenance, compared to hydraulic actuators. Moreover, for a similar weight of hydraulic actuator, the cost of a pneumatic actuation system is...
master thesis 2020
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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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Neevel, Stephan (author)
A future version of the DEMCON Needle Placement System (NPS) for use in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner requires accurate and small actuators that are MR (Magnetic Resonance) safe; actuators that can safely operate without interfering with the MR environment. The pneumatic stepper motor was chosen for actuation of the aiming...
master thesis 2019
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Baan, Maureen (author)
People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) will suffer from a limited hand function. Therefore, a dynamic hand orthosis could be one of the solutions to improve their hand function and quality of life. However, at this moment, none of the obtainable hand orthoses fits their special needs. The goal of this research is to design a flat dynamic...
master thesis 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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Zha, Congrui (author)
In the last decades, the improvement of innovative solutions on windows to achieve sustainability within the built environment is considered as a principal issue. Windows have long been used in buildings for daylight and ventilation. From many studies, health, comfort, and productivity are improved by the well-ventilated indoor environment,...
master thesis 2018
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