Rapid Deployment of Curved Surfaces via Programmable Auxetics

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Rapid Deployment of Curved Surfaces via Programmable Auxetics

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Laser treatment systems and methods for in-situ laser shock peening (lsp) treatment of parts during production thereof by a selective laser sintering or melting (sls/slm) process, and additive manufacturing systems and methods implementing the same

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Mechanics of a pressure-controlled adhesive membrane for soft robotic gripping on curved surfaces

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SUBDIVIDE AND CONQUER Active Contours and Surfaces for Biomedical Image Segmentation

An effective rule for translating optimal selective laser melting processing parameters from one material to another

Design of Low-Profile Compliant Transmission Mechanisms

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