A novel design of printable tunable stiffness metamaterial for bone healing.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104345
Abstract: A tunable stiffness bone rod was designed, optimized, and 3D printed to address the shortcomings of existing bone fixation devices, such as stress shielding and bone nonunion in the healing of fractured bones. Current bone… read more here.
Keywords: stiffness; bone healing; novel design; bone ... See more keywords
Lateral indentation of a reinforced braided tube with tunable stiffness
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2020.106608
Abstract: Abstract In this paper, the lateral indentation of a newly proposed reinforced braided tube with tunable stiffness, which takes a braided tube as skeleton and is sealed by thin membranes, has been studied experimentally and… read more here.
Keywords: tube; braided tube; tube tunable; reinforced braided ... See more keywords
A Stretchable Fiber with Tunable Stiffness for Programmable Shape Change of Soft Robots.
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DOI: 10.1089/soro.2021.0032
Abstract: All soft robots require the same functionality, that is, controlling the shape of a structure made from soft materials. However, existing approaches for shape control of soft robots are primarily dominated by modular pneumatic actuators,… read more here.
Keywords: change; stiffness; fiber; tunable stiffness ... See more keywords
3D-Printed Soft Sensors for Adaptive Sensing with Online and Offline Tunable Stiffness.
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DOI: 10.1089/soro.2021.0074
Abstract: The stiffness of a soft robot with structural cavities can be regulated by controlling the pressure of a fluid to render predictable changes in mechanical properties. When the soft robot interacts with the environment, the… read more here.
Keywords: printed soft; stiffness; soft sensors; sensors adaptive ... See more keywords