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Analysis of Forces Exerted by Shoulder and Elbow Fabric-based Pneumatic Actuators for Pediatric Exosuits

Mehrnoosh Ayazi, Ipsita Sahin, Caio Mucchiani, Elena Kokkoni, Konstantinos Karydis ยท 2025

To enhance pediatric exosuit design, it is crucial to assess the actuator-generated forces. This work evaluates the contact forces exerted by soft fabric-based pneumatic actuators in an upper extremitโ€ฆ

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MetaFAP: Meta-Learning for Frequency Agnostic Prediction of Metasurface Properties

Rafid Umayer Murshed, Md Shoaib Akhter Rafi, Sakib Reza, Mohammad Saquib, Ifana Mahbub ยท 2025

Metasurfaces, and in particular reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), are revolutionizing wireless communications by dynamically controlling electromagnetic waves. Recent wireless communication aโ€ฆ

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A bio-inspired sand-rolling robot: effect of body shape on sand rolling performance

Xingjue Liao, Wenhao Liu, Hao Wu, Feifei Qian ยท 2025

The capability of effectively moving on complex terrains such as sand and gravel can empower our robots to robustly operate in outdoor environments, and assist with critical tasks such as environment โ€ฆ

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Competitive algorithms for calculating the ground state properties of Bose-Fermi mixtures

Tomasz Swis{l}ocki, Krzysztof Gawryluk, Miros{l}aw Brewczyk, Tomasz Karpiuk ยท 2025

In this work we define, analyze, and compare different numerical schemes that can be used to study the ground state properties of Bose-Fermi systems, such as mixtures of different atomic species underโ€ฆ

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NuExo: A Wearable Exoskeleton Covering all Upper Limb ROM for Outdoor Data Collection and Teleoperation of Humanoid Robots

Rui Zhong, Chuang Cheng, Junpeng Xu, Yantong Wei, Ce Guo, Daoxun Zhang, Wei Dai, Huimin Lu ยท 2025

The evolution from motion capture and teleoperation to robot skill learning has emerged as a hotspot and critical pathway for advancing embodied intelligence. However, existing systems still face a peโ€ฆ

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Data-Driven Distributionally Robust Control for Interacting Agents under Logical Constraints

Arash Bahari Kordabad, Eleftherios E. Vlahakis, Lars Lindemann, Sebastien Gros, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Sadegh Soudjani ยท 2025

In this paper, we propose a distributionally robust control synthesis for an agent with stochastic dynamics that interacts with other agents under uncertainties and constraints expressed by signal temโ€ฆ

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Smart Reaction Templating: A Graph-Based Method for Automated Molecular Dynamics Input Generation

Julian Konrad, Robert Mei{ss}ner ยท 2025

Accurately modeling chemical reactions in molecular dynamics simulations requires detailed pre- and post-reaction templates, often created through labor-intensive manual workflows. This work introduceโ€ฆ

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Detecting Heel Strike and toe off Events Using Kinematic Methods and LSTM Models

Longbin Zhang, Tsung-Lin Wu, Ananda Sidarta, Xiaoyue Yan, Prayook Jatesiktat, Kailun Yang, Wei Tech Ang ยท 2025

Accurate gait event detection is crucial for gait analysis, rehabilitation, and assistive technology, particularly in exoskeleton control, where precise identification of stance and swing phases is esโ€ฆ

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Release Date Optimization in MRP Using Clearing Functions

Wolfgang Seiringer, Klaus Altendorfer, Reha Uzsoy ยท 2025

This paper integrates a clearing function (CF)-based release planning approach into Material Requirements Planning (MRP) to address its limitations in modeling capacity constraints and dynamic lead tiโ€ฆ

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Attention-based UAV Trajectory Optimization for Wireless Power Transfer-assisted IoT Systems

Li Dong, Feibo Jiang, Yubo Peng ยท 2025

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)-assisted Internet of Things (IoT) systems face the following challenges: limited resources and suboptimal trajectory planning. Reinforcโ€ฆ

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VB-Com: Learning Vision-Blind Composite Humanoid Locomotion Against Deficient Perception

Junli Ren, Tao Huang, Huayi Wang, Zirui Wang, Qingwei Ben, Junfeng Long, Yanchao Yang, Jiangmiao Pang, Ping Luo ยท 2025

The performance of legged locomotion is closely tied to the accuracy and comprehensiveness of state observations. Blind policies, which rely solely on proprioception, are considered highly robust due โ€ฆ

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Disentangled Iterative Surface Fitting for Contact-stable Grasp Planning

Tomoya Yamanokuchi, Alberto Bacchin, Emilio Olivastri, Takamitsu Matsubara, Emanuele Menegatti ยท 2025

In this work, we address the limitation of surface fitting-based grasp planning algorithm, which primarily focuses on geometric alignment between the gripper and object surface while overlooking the sโ€ฆ

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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Bidding Strategies for Prosumers Trading in Double Auction-Based Transactive Energy Market

Jun Jiang, Yuanliang Li, Luyang Hou, Mohsen Ghafouri, Peng Zhang, Jun Yan, Yuhong Liu ยท 2025

With the large number of prosumers deploying distributed energy resources (DERs), integrating these prosumers into a transactive energy market (TEM) is a trend for the future smart grid. A community-bโ€ฆ

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Non-negative tensor factorization-based dependence map analysis for local damage detection in presence of non-Gaussian noise

Anna Michalak, Justyna Hebda-Sobkowicz, Anil Kumar, Radoslaw Zimroz, Rafal Zdunek, Agnieszka Wylomanska ยท 2025

The time-frequency map (TFM) is frequently used in condition monitoring, necessitating further processing to select an informative frequency band (IFB) or directly detect damage. However, selecting anโ€ฆ

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Direction Finding for Software Defined Radios with Switched Uniform Circular Arrays

Lennart Werner, Markus Gardill, Marco Hutter ยท 2025

Accurate Direction of Arrival (DoA) estimation is critical for applications in robotics and communication, but high costs and complexity of coherent multi-channel receivers hinder accessibility. This โ€ฆ

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Toolbox for Developing Physics Informed Neural Networks for Power Systems Components

Ioannis Karampinis, Petros Ellinas, Ignasi Ventura Nadal, Rahul Nellikkath, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis ยท 2025

This paper puts forward the vision of creating a library of neural-network-based models for power system simulations. Traditional numerical solvers struggle with the growing complexity of modern powerโ€ฆ

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AToM: Adaptive Theory-of-Mind-Based Human Motion Prediction in Long-Term Human-Robot Interactions

Yuwen Liao, Muqing Cao, Xinhang Xu, Lihua Xie ยท 2025

Humans learn from observations and experiences to adjust their behaviours towards better performance. Interacting with such dynamic humans is challenging, as the robot needs to predict the humans accuโ€ฆ

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Data Fusion for Full-Range Response Reconstruction via Diffusion Models

Wingho Feng, Quanwang Li, Chen Wang, Jian-sheng Fan ยท 2025

Accurately capturing the full-range response of structures is crucial in structural health monitoring (SHM) for ensuring safety and operational integrity. However, limited sensor deployment due to cosโ€ฆ

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Tunable Multilayer Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for Trace-Level Toxin Detection

Suripto Bhuiyan, Michael Geller ยท 2025

This paper presents a comprehensive study on a novel multilayer surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor designed for detecting trace-level toxins in liquid samples with exceptional precision and effโ€ฆ

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Replacing the Gallium Oxide Shell with Conductive Ag: Toward a Printable and Recyclable Composite for Highly Stretchable Electronics, Electromagnetic Shielding, and Thermal Interfaces

Abdollah Hajalilou, Elahe Parvini, Tiago A. Morgado, Pedro Alhais Lopes, M. Estrela Melo Jorge, Marta Freitas, Mahmoud Tavakoli ยท 2025

Liquid metal (LM)-based composites hold promise for soft electronics due to their high conductivity and fluidic nature. However, the presence of {\alpha}_Ga2O3 and GaOOH layers around LM droplets impaโ€ฆ

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