Deployable Multimodal Machine Intelligence
Applications in Biomedical Engineering
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Enhanced spatial–temporal dynamics in pose forecasting through multi-graph convolution networks
Recently, there has been a growing interest in predicting human motion, which involves forecasting future body poses based on observed pose sequences. This task is complex due to modeling spatial and temporal ...
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Deployable Parallelogram Mechanism for Generating Remote Centre of Motion Towards Ocular Procedures
This study aims to design and prototype a remote center of motion (RCM) mechanism. The design is a system that incorporates 2 belt-type RCMs (Dual-RCM) in both horizontal and vertical planes. A motor is attach...
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Tactile Sensitive Origami Trihexaflexagon Gripper Actuated by Foldable Pneumatic Bellows
The art of folding, popularly known as origami, enables larger-scale structures from unfolding small-dimension structures. Paper folding techniques thus can develop deployable, compact, smaller and simpler str...
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Kinesthesia Sensorization of Foldable Designs Using Soft Sensors
Foldable and deployable designs have been explored in constraint anatomical procedures in small, confined and constricted spaces. However, there exist unmet needs for kinesthesia sensorization and closed-loop ...
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Deployable Kirigami for Intra-Abdominal Monitoring
For measuring intra-vesicle pressure (IVP), Burnett’s method features a fluid column with a pressure transducer attached to a Foley catheter. IVP strongly correlates to the Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and c...
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Preface and A Brief Guide to the Chapters
Deployable mechanisms (DM) refer to the mechanics of the device actuation that can bring an object from a point, such as outside the body, to another target area, such as inside a body.
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Deployable and Interchangeable Telesco** Tubes
Telesco** structures are commonly available in trocar or keyhole procedures, guidewire catheterization procedures and steerable concentric tube robots. We envision a new design involving a combination of hol...
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Deployable Compression Generating and Sensing for Wearable Compression-Aware Force Rendering
Here, we report a novel origami-structured wrist band to enhance such skin mechanical modulations with active pressure generating and monitoring capability, namely Compression-aware Force Rendering (CAFR). Two...
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A Segmentation Method of 3D Liver Image Based on Multi-scale Feature Fusion and Coordinate Attention Mechanism
Due to the high similarity of organs in 3D liver image and the use of simple connection by U-Net to fuse different semantic features, the segmentation accuracy of network needs to be improved. To solve these p...
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Path Planning Method for Automatic Parking Based on Hybrid A*
To solve the final critical parking process of automated valet parking, for the common vertical, parallel, and oblique parking scenarios, the hybrid A* path planning algorithm which combines the A* algorithm and ...
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Interaction-Based Trajectory Prediction of Surrounding Vehicles with Driving Maneuvers Recognition
The accurate trajectory prediction of surrounding vehicles plays an important role for safe and comfortable driving of autonomous vehicles. An interaction-based trajectory prediction approach is proposed in th...
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Orimimetic Folds into Deployable Mechanisms with Potential Functionalities in Biomedical Robotics
Origami applications in biomedical engineering have steadily gained favor as these versatile designs are deployable and can be built from pliable materials. Additionally, the flat foldability allows multiple a...
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Magnetically Actuated Luminal Origami
The conventional endoscopy procedures usually involve dedicated devices that are often long and bulky with limited mobility. Magnetically Actuated Luminal Origami Robots (MALO) offer portability, flexibility, ...
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Wormigami and Tippysaurus: Magnetically Actuated Origami Structures
Magnetically actuated origami structures utilize the interaction between the internal magnet attached and the external magnet for locomotion through the course.
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Magnetically Actuated Origami Structures for Untethered Optical Steering in Remote Set-up: Preliminary Designs and Characterisations
Minimally invasive surgical procedures (MIS) are conducted in highly confined environments, through small incisions to introduce instruments into the body. Curating devices made for MIS is challenging, as high...
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Wearable Origami Rendering Mechanism Towards Haptic Illusion
With the advancement in Virtual Reality technology, artificial visual and auditory feedback has leaped bounds in advancement. Haptic rendering feedback, however, is still lacking in terms of being able to prov...
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Multi-DOF Proprioceptive Origami Structures with Fiducial Markers
Origami allows 3D structural motions to be built from thin and flat sheets. The current open-loop manipulation of creases only offers predictive control in structural environments without feedback control. The...
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Conceptual Origami Bending and Bistability for Transoral Mechanisms
We conceptualize a foldable mechanism aiming to perform transoral procedures from the inside of the trachea. The mechanism is constructed from a stiff but foldable acetate sheet which enables it to bend by pul...
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Biomimetic Untethered Inflatable Origami
Recent years in soft robotics development have witnessed rising innovations that draw inspiration from the natural world (i.e., biomimicry). By learning how various animals adapt to the environment, engineers ...
