SERPENS: A HIGHLY COMPLIANT LOW-COST ROS-BASED SNAKE ROBOT WITH SERIES ELASTIC ACTUATORS, STEREOSCOPIC VISION AND A SCREW-LESS ASSEMBLY MECHANISM

Serpens: A Highly Compliant Low-Cost ROS-Based Snake Robot with Series Elastic Actuators, Stereoscopic Vision and a Screw-Less Assembly Mechanism

Snake robot locomotion in a cluttered environment where the snake robot utilises a sensory-perceptual system to perceive the surrounding operational environment for means of propulsion is defined as perception-driven obstacle-aided locomotion (POAL).From a control point of view, achieving POAL with traditional rigidly-actuated robots is challenging

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Low-Temperature Growth of ZnO Nanowires from Gravure-Printed ZnO Nanoparticle Seed Layers for Flexible Piezoelectric Devices

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) are excellent candidates for the fabrication of energy harvesters, mechanical sensors, and piezotronic and piezophototronic devices.In order to integrate ZnO NWs into flexible devices, low-temperature fabrication methods are required that do not damage the plastic substrate.To date, the deposition of patterned ceram

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A smart glove with integrated triboelectric nanogenerator for self-powered gesture recognition and language expression

Flexible electronics with great functional characteristics have proved to be a stepping stone in the field of wearable devices.Amongst all, gesture-sensing techniques have been widely studied for human-machine interfaces.In this paper, we propose a self-powered gesture-sensing system attached to the back of the hands, which has the capability of di

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