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Despite centuries of research and significant advances, the escapement mechanism used to count and maintain oscillations of mechanical time bases remains a complex mechanism and a major source of energy losses. We showed in previous work that, instead of t ...

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Shaking force balancing of a 2-DOF isotropic horological oscillator

Closed-Loop Position Control of a Self-Sensing 3-DoF Origami Module With Pneumatic Actuators

Cogno-Vest: A Torso-Worn, Force Display to Experimentally Induce Specific Hallucinations and Related Bodily Sensations

3D Printed Motor-Sensory Module Prototype for Facial Rehabilitation

Energy Analysis of a Cardiac Assist Device based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator through an Equivalent Electrical Circuit

Networks of Coupled VO2 Oscillators for Neuromorphic Computing

Optical measurement method for mechanical time base characterization

Slow-fast Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Adaptive Frequency Oscillators

Coupling-dependent convergence behavior of phase oscillators with tegotae-control

A 60 GHz QDCO with 11 GHz Seamless Tuning for Low-Power FMCW Radars in 22-nm FDSOI