Animals can finely modulate their leg stiffness to interact with complex terrains and absorb sudden shocks. In feats like leaping and sprinting, animals demonstrate a sophisticated interplay of opposing muscle pairs that actively modulate joint stiffness, ...
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a recent type of smart materials that show impressive performances as soft actuators, making them a promising technology for the development of implantable artificial muscles and soft robotic devices. Notably, they ...
Unstable periodic orbits (UPOs) are believed to be the underlying dynamical structures of spatiotemporal chaos and turbulence. Finding these UPOs is, however, notoriously difficult. Matrix-free loop convergence algorithms deform entire space-time fields (l ...
Ride-hailing services are becoming increasingly popular, and their influence on overall transportation network performance is consequential. Their convenience and flexibility attract many users, but their impact on traffic and their interference with publi ...
This paper presents Surena-V, a humanoid robot designed to enhance human-robot collaboration capabilities. The robot features a range of sensors, including barometric tactile sensors in its hands, to facilitate precise environmental interaction. This is de ...
Computational modelling is important in the life sciences, but students may not be greatly exposed to it in typical curricula.This paper describes an innovative, one-semester Master's level course in cell biology that uses computer simulations as the prima ...
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